Aortopulmonary window with ventricular septal defect and pulmonary atresia: prenatal diagnosis and successful early surgical correction

Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2004 Dec;24(7):793-6. doi: 10.1002/uog.1752.

Abstract

We report a case in which aortopulmonary window (APW) in combination with pulmonary atresia was diagnosed correctly in a neonate by echocardiography. Prenatal echocardiography showed progression of tetralogy of Fallot to pulmonary atresia with retrograde pulmonary perfusion, concealing the concomitant APW in fetal life. Due to intractable heart failure, primary correction was successfully performed at the age of 4 weeks (weight 2280 g).

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aortopulmonary Septal Defect / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aortopulmonary Septal Defect / surgery
  • Echocardiography
  • Female
  • Heart Septal Defects / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Septal Defects / surgery
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Pregnancy
  • Pulmonary Atresia / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pulmonary Atresia / surgery
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal*