A rare case of tetralogy of Fallot with unusual blood supply to the left lung.
We present a rare case of tetralogy of Fallot with absence of the leaflets of the pulmonary valve and anomalous blood supply of the left lung from the transverse aortic arch. Although embryologic considerations would suggest that the anomalous vessel is not the arterial duct, there was a good response to prostaglandin therapy.
Department of Paediatrics, National Heart and Lung Institute, London, U.K.
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D000792:Angiography; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008168:Lung / Q000098:blood supply*; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000002:abnormalities; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*
D011453:Prostaglandins