MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING OF PROXIMAL AORTOPULMONARY WINDOW

Aortopulmonary window was prospectively diagnosed by magnetic resonanc e imaging in a 9-month-old boy. The diagnosis was confirmed by cardiac catheterization, angiocardiography, two-dimensional and color doppler echocardiography. Spin-echo T1-weighted axial and coronal magnetic re sonance images show a large windowlike communication between left asce nding aorta and right wall of the main pulmonary arterial trunk. To ou r knowledge, this is the first time that the diagnosis of the aorticop ulmonary window was achieved by magnetic resonance imaging. (C) Elsevi er Science Inc., 1998.