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Critical pulmonary stenosis with an aortopulmonary window

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 May 2005

Ashutosh Marwah
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville and The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Rodrigo Soto
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville and The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Daniel J. Penny
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville and The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Abstract

In neonates with severe aortic or pulmonary stenosis, the obstructed circulation is usually supported through patency of the arterial duct. We describe a neonate in whom an aortopulmonary window supported a critically obstructed pulmonary circulation.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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