title: Aortopulmonary window coexisting with tetralogy of Fallot: echocardiographic diagnosis.
abstract: Aortopulmonary window coexisting with tetralogy of Fallot (TF) was prospectively diagnosed by two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography and Doppler in an 18-month-old boy; the diagnosis was confirmed by cardiac catheterization and angiocardiography. Surgical correction was performed, but the patient died in the operating room from right ventricular dysfunction. The autopsy showed an adequate surgical repair, but the histologic examination of the lungs demonstrated severe pulmonary vascular disease, which was presumed to be the cause of death.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carminati
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Borghi
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Valsecchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Quattrociocchi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Balduzzi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rusconi
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Russo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Festa
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Preda
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tiraboschi
mesh_terms: D001028:Aortopulmonary Septal Defect / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery