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Tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia associated with aortopulmonary window and major aortopulmonary collaterals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

A. R. Bhagwat
Affiliation:
From the Department of Cardiology BYL Nair Hospital & T N Medical College, Bombay
R. J. Pinto
Affiliation:
From the Department of Cardiology BYL Nair Hospital & T N Medical College, Bombay
Satyavan Sharma*
Affiliation:
From the Department of Cardiology BYL Nair Hospital & T N Medical College, Bombay
*
Dr. Satyavan Sharma 104, First Floor (new Wing) Bombay Hospital and Medical Research Center 12, Marine Lines, Bombay 400 020India. Tel. 91-22-4932827, 91-22-2067676/Ext. 347; Fax. 91-22-208-081.

Summary

We report a patient with tetralogy of Fallot and pulmonary atresia in whom the predominant extracardiac supply of arterial blood was via an aortopulmonary window. Major aortopulmonary collateral arteries originating from the descending thoracic aorta provided an additional source of pulmonary blood flow. The patient underwent successful correction and the postoperative recovery was uneventful.

Type
Brief Reports
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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