AORTIC ATRESIA WITH INTERRUPTION OF THE AORTIC-ARCH AND AN AORTOPULMONARY FISTULOUS TRACT - CASE-REPORT

We present a case of interruption of the aortic arch (IAA) in associat ion with aortic atresia. A pulmonary artery to ascending aorta fistulo us channel at the level of the sinuses of Valsalva of the pulmonary ar tery was present and supplied the ascending aorta and coronary arterie s. The communication had a significant length, so embryologically it i s not an aortopulmonary window. There have been only three reported ca ses in the literature of IAA with aortic atresia; in none was a pulmon ary artery to ascending aorta fistulous tract present.