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A prenatal diagnosis of unusual aortopulmonary communication: tubular aortopulmonary window

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 June 2021

Kadir Babaoğlu Open the ORCID record for Kadir Babaoğlu [Opens in a new window] ,
Eviç Zeynep Başar Open the ORCID record for Eviç Zeynep Başar [Opens in a new window]  and
Rıza Türköz
Kadir Babaoğlu
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey
Eviç Zeynep Başar*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey
Rıza Türköz
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Acıbadem Bakırköy Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
*
Author for correspondence: Eviç Zeynep Başar, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey. Tel: +902623038035. E-mail: evicbasar@gmail.com
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Abstract

We described a very rare case of aorto-pulmonary communication with right aortic arch and crossed pulmonary artery that cannot be placed in the typical anatomic classification of aortopulmonary window. At 23 weeks gestation, fetal echocardiography revealed a large tunnel-like communication connecting the great vessels proximal to the main pulmonary artery bifurcation, rather than a classic aortopulmonary window between the ascending aorta and the main pulmonary artery.

Keywords

Aortopulmonary windowcardiac anomaliesfetusprenatalright aortic arch

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Images in Congenital Cardiac Disease
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 31 , Issue 8 , August 2021 , pp. 1327 - 1329
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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