A 6-Year-Old Female Is Being Evaluated for Persistent Hypertension That

A 6-year-old female is being evaluated for persistent hypertension that was discovered incidentally. A week ago, the patient was in her usual check-up, the physician found the blood pressure to be 150/100. During the evaluation, the patient was found to have high blood pressure in the upper arms, while the lower limbs had normal blood pressure. Cardiac examination shows continuous murmur on the back between the scapulae. The problem is in the structure derivative of which of the following embryologic structures?

A) Fourth aortic arch
B) Primitive atria
C) Sinus venosus
D) Sixth aortic arch

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