title: Primary repair of aortopulmonary window with an interrupted aortic arch in a very low-birth-weight premature neonate.
abstract: The aortopulmonary window concomitant with an interrupted aortic arch is a rare occurrence. We successfully performed an emergency one-stage surgical repair of the aortopulmonary window (type 1) concomitant with an interrupted aortic arch (type A) in the case of a very low-birth-weight (1230-g) premature 2-day-old neonate. We describe the diagnosis, surgery, and postoperative course of this rare occurrence.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Ehime University Shitukawa, Toon City, Ehime, 791-0295, Japan. tokamura@hotmail.co.jp
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okamura
authors.forename: Mitsugi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagashima
authors.forename: Fumiaki
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shikata
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001028:Aortopulmonary Septal Defect / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography