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Aortopulmonary window: a rare mechanism of inter-circulatory mixing and prepared left ventricle in transposition of the great arteries with intact ventricular septum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 September 2013

Rajesh Gopalan Nair*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Sajeer Kalathingathodika
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Cicy Bastian
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India
*
Correspondence to: Rajesh Gopalan Nair, MD, DM, FACC, Additional Professor of Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala 673008, India. Tel: +91 4952354886; Mob: +91 9447290609; E-mail: drrajeshgnair@gmail.com

Abstract

Transposition of the great arteries with intact ventricular septum and aortopulmonary window is an extremely rare anatomic combination associated with high morbidity and mortality. We report a case of a 3-month-old baby with d-transposition of the great arteries with intact ventricular septum and a large aortopulmonary window as a mechanism of inter-circulatory mixing.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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