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Critical pulmonary stenosis with an aortopulmonary window

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 May 2005

Ashutosh Marwah ,
Rodrigo Soto  and
Daniel J. Penny
Ashutosh Marwah
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville and The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Rodrigo Soto
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville and The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Daniel J. Penny
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville and The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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Abstract

In neonates with severe aortic or pulmonary stenosis, the obstructed circulation is usually supported through patency of the arterial duct. We describe a neonate in whom an aortopulmonary window supported a critically obstructed pulmonary circulation.

Keywords

Aortopulmonary fenestrationpulmonary valve
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 13 , Issue 5 , October 2003 , pp. 484 - 485
Copyright
© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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