FALLOTS TETRALOGY WITH ABSENT PULMONARY VALVE AND ANOMALOUS ORIGIN OFTHE LEFT PULMONARY-ARTERY

Authors
SREERAM N SMITH A PEART I
Citation
N. Sreeram et al., FALLOTS TETRALOGY WITH ABSENT PULMONARY VALVE AND ANOMALOUS ORIGIN OFTHE LEFT PULMONARY-ARTERY, International journal of cardiology, 42(2), 1993, pp. 175-177
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
International journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01675273
Volume
42
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
175 - 177
Database
ISI
SICI code
0167-5273(1993)42:2<175:FTWAPV>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
A 1-day-old asymptomatic neonate with a to and fro precordial murmur w as diagnosed by cross sectional echocardiography to have Fallot's tetr alogy with absent pulmonary valve, and origin of the left pulmonary ar tery from the ascending aorta. Moderate stenoses at the origin of the anomalous left pulmonary artery and of the right pulmonary artery were present, allowing definitive surgical correction to be deferred.