 The first successful repair of a Type A interrupted aortic arch in an infant was in a 12-day-old infant in 1969, in which the left subclavian artery was connected to the descending thoracic aorta, the patent ductus arteriosus was closed, and the main pulmonary artery was banded.The first successful repair of a Type B interrupted aortic arch was in 1954, in which the 16 year-old, female patient's own aorta was grafted from the arch to the descending thoracic aorta and the left subclavian artery was ligated.The first successful repair on a type B interrupted aortic arch in an infant was in 1973, in which a vein was used to connect the ascending aorta and the descending aorta.