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Large Unrepaired Aortopulmonary Window—Survival into the Seventh Decade
Author(s) -
SuMei Angela Koh,
JuLe Tan
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2006.00353.x
Subject(s) - aortopulmonary window , medicine , eisenmenger syndrome , cardiology , pulmonary hypertension , pulmonary artery
Aortopulmonary (AP) window is a rare cardiac malformation. We report a patient with Eisenmenger syndrome secondary to a large unrepaired AP window who gave birth to three children in her thirties, survived into her fifties with relatively preserved quality of life, and died at age 60.