Open AccessSuccessful Surgical Treatment of Congenital Aortopulmonary Window in an Adult Patient
Author(s) -
Alessandro Giamberti,
Raúl Abella,
Eduardo Consuegra Llapur,
Abdallah Raweh,
Silvia Cirri,
Alessandro Frigiola
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
case reports in cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2090-6412
pISSN - 2090-6404
DOI - 10.1155/2011/505216
Subject(s) - aortopulmonary window , medicine , heart defect , cardiology , surgery , heart disease , pulmonary artery
Congenital aortopulmonary window is a rare inborn cardiac malformation that should be surgically treated as soon as the diagnosis is made usually during infancy. We report a successful surgical treatment of a 23-year-old male patient with a big type III aortopulmonary window.
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