title: Aortopulmonary window with ventricular septal defect and pulmonary atresia: prenatal diagnosis and successful early surgical correction.
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).
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Defects, Munich, Germany. kuehn@dhm.mhn.de
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kuehn
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Oberhoffer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vogt
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lange
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hess
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001028:Aortopulmonary Septal Defect / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006343:Heart Septal Defects / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D018633:Pulmonary Atresia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal