Echocardiographic diagnosis of distal aortopulmonary window

Authors

  • Giselle Serrano Ricardo
  • Adel E. González Morejón
  • Luis E. Marcano Sanz

Abstract

The aortopulmonary window is a communication between the ascending aorta and the pulmonary artery, with well differentiated semilunar valves. Distal defects are less common and occur in approximately 25% of all patients with aortopulmonary window. Although two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography can provide an accurate diagnosis in most cases, some authors ask for further studies. This is the case of a 40-day-old infant with echocardiographic diagnosis of distal aortopulmonary window that was confirmed in the operating room without further studies. At 9 months of clinical and echocardiographic follow-up, the patient remains asymptomatic.

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Published

2020-01-12

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Serrano Ricardo G, González Morejón AE, Marcano Sanz LE. Echocardiographic diagnosis of distal aortopulmonary window. CorSalud [Internet]. 2020 Jan. 12 [cited 2025 Sep. 17];5(2):204-6. Available from: https://revcorsalud.sld.cu/index.php/cors/article/view/532

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2013)

Section

CASE REPORTS

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