Large Unrepaired Aortopulmonary Window Presenting in Adulthood

BACKGROUND: Aortopulmonary window is an uncommon congenital heart disease, with untreated cases not surviving beyond childhood. However, very rarely it can present in adult patients with features of pulmonary hypertension. Clinically these patients cannot be differentiated from other more common con...

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Autores principales: Dev, Munish, Sharma, Madhurima, Rana, Naresh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bentham Science Publishers 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7393594/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31092183
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1573403X15666190513105231
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Aortopulmonary window is an uncommon congenital heart disease, with untreated cases not surviving beyond childhood. However, very rarely it can present in adult patients with features of pulmonary hypertension. Clinically these patients cannot be differentiated from other more common conditions with left to right shunt. Transthoracic echocardiography if performed meticulously, can depict the defect in aortopulmonary septum. RESULTS: We report a case of large unrepaired aortopulmonary window in a 23 years old patient, diagnosed on transthoracic echocardiography.

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