Rare variant of truncus arteriosus with intact ventricular septum and hypoplastic right ventricle.
A three week old girl was admitted to hospital with severe congestive heart failure and cyanosis. Cross sectional and Doppler echocardiography and cardiac catheterisation showed a unique variant of truncus arteriosus with an intact ventricular septum. The trunk rose only from the left ventricle and was associated with a hypoplastic right ventricle with sinusoids to the right coronary artery.
Zeevi
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Institute of Paediatric Cardiology, Beilinson Medical Centre, Petah Tiqva, Israel.
Dembo
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Berant
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D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D014339:Truncus Arteriosus, Persistent / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology