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Double outlet left ventricle with subpulmonary ventricular septal defect and pulmonary hypertension

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Ayhan Kiliç*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Samanpazari, Ankara, Turkey
Muhsin Saraçlar
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Samanpazari, Ankara, Turkey
Süheyla Özkutlu
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Samanpazari, Ankara, Turkey
*
Ayhan Kiliç., MD, Pediatrician, Fellow in Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Hacattepe University Faculty of Medicine, Samanpazari, Ankara, Turkey. Tel: +90 312 310 4258; Fax: +90 312 309 0220; E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

A two-month old male infant with the rare occurrence of double outlet left ventricle, subpulmonary ventricular septal defect and pulmonary hypertension is presented. The infant was managed temporarily with banding of the pulmonary trunk, with a favorable result, and is scheduled for definitive intraventricular repair.

Type
Brief Reports
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

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