title: Prenatal Diagnosis of an Aortopulmonary Window With an Interrupted Aortic Arch.
abstract: A prenatal aortopulmonary window with an interrupted aortic arch was detected in a 22-week-old fetus. The 3-vessel and trachea view showed a communication between the ascending aorta and the pulmonary artery. Early postnatal surgery was successful. A PubMed-based search identified all cases of prenatal aortopulmonary windows between 2002 and 2015. Nine articles were identified. The average gestational age at diagnosis was 28 weeks (range, 22-33 weeks). The most frequent aortopulmonary window was type I (40%). All cases were associated with congenital heart defects, mainly an interrupted aortic arch (50%). No chromosomal or extracardiac abnormalities were seen. Prenatal echocardiography is useful for early diagnosis of an aortopulmonary window. The prognosis depends on the time of surgery and the nature of the associated anomalies.
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital General Gregorio Marañón, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
authors: Cecilia
authors: C
authors: García
authors: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Hospital General Gregorio Marañón, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
authors: Teresa
authors: T
authors: Álvarez
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital Central de la Defensa Gómez Ulla, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.
authors: Coral
authors: C
authors: Bravo
authors: Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Hospital General Gregorio Marañón, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
authors: Ramón
authors: R
authors: Pérez-Caballero
authors: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Hospital Marqués de Valdecillas, Santander, Spain.
authors: María Teresa
authors: MT
authors: Viadero
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital General Gregorio Marañón, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
authors: Francisco
authors: F
authors: Gámez
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital General Gregorio Marañón, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
authors: Ricardo
authors: R
authors: Pérez
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital General Gregorio Marañón, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain jdeleonluis@yahoo.es.
authors: Juan
authors: J
authors: De León-Luis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001011:Aorta / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000196:embryology; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000196:embryology / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000196:embryology; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal
keywords: aortopulmonary septal defect; aortopulmonary window; congenital heart defect; interrupted aortic arch; obstetric ultrasound; prenatal diagnosis