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Left hemitruncus with normal right-sided pressures in an adult

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2013

Arima Nigam  and
Vijay Trehan
Arima Nigam*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India
Vijay Trehan
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India
*
Correspondence to: A. Nigam, Room No. 122, Academic Block, Department of Cardiology, GB Pant Hospital, JLN Marg, New Delhi 110002, India.; E-mail: arimachandan@yahoo.com
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Abstract

Hemitruncus is a rare congenital heart disease. Anomalous origin of the left pulmonary artery is not only rare but also pathogenetically different from anomalous origin of the right pulmonary artery from the ascending aorta. In most cases in isolated hemitrucus pressures in the right ventricle and the normally originating pulmonary artery are systemic or suprasystemic. We present a rare case of anomalous origin of the left pulmonary artery from the ascending aorta diagnosed in an adult with normal pressures in the right ventricle and normally originating pulmonary artery. To the best of our knowledge, this unique haemodynamics has never been reported in the literature.

Keywords

Hemitruncuspulmonary hypertensiontruncus arteriosus
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 24 , Issue 5 , October 2014 , pp. 926 - 928
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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