Interrupted aortic arch associated with aortopulmonary window in a 20 year-old young adult.
Interrupted aortic arch (IAA) and aortopulmonary window (APW) are rare but well-described congenital malformations. However, coexistence of these anomalies in young adults is an unusual event. Patients rarely reach adulthood without surgical correction in the neonatal period. The authors describe a 20-year-old patient, who presented with exertional dyspnea and was diagnosed as having IAA and concomitant APW. IAA just distal to the left subclavian artery and a large APW were demonstrated by chest multi-slice computed tomography angiography and cardiac catheterization.
Ucak
Alper
A
Inan
Kaan
K
Onan
Burak
B
Suleymanoglu
Selami
S
Temizkan
Veysel
V
Yilmaz
Ahmet Turan
AT
D000367:Age Factors; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001028:Aortopulmonary Septal Defect / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D055815:Young Adult