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Coarctation co-existing with tetralogy of Fallot and pulmonary atresia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2011

R.C.W Yip
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Alder Hey Hospital, Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK
D. Deekollu
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Alder Hey Hospital, Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK
Robert Arnold*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Alder Hey Hospital, Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK
*
Correspondence to: Dr. Robert Arnold, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Alder Hey Hospital, Eaton Road, Liverpool L12 2AP, UK. Tel: 0151 2525710; Fax: 0151 2525643

Abstract

We describe the finding of unsuspected aortic coarctation, discovered by catheterisation at 4 months, in a neonate first daignosed on the fourth day of life as having tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia and major aorto-to-pulmonary collateral arteries. This previously unreported combination contravenes the established theory of patterns of flow during fetal life, and presented difficult issues in clinical management.

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Brief Reports
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2001

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