Aortopulmonary Window Associated with an Ascending Aorta Aneurysm in an Adult

Aortopulmonary window (APW) is a rare congenital malformation. It results from an incomplete division between the ascending aorta and the pulmonary artery. We describe a 26-year-old male, who presented with a grade II exertional dyspnea and palpitations. Echocardiography revealed an APW with an ascending aorta aneurysm. He underwent surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass without aortic cross-clamping. The APW was closed via the pulmonary artery flap technique using an autologous pericardial patch, and the aneurysm was repaired through the reduction aortoplasty technique. The patient was discharged on the 4th postoperative day. At 2 years' follow-up, he had remained asymptomatic and echocardiography showed aortic valve competence, ascending aorta diameter of 38 mm, and no residual shunt.

• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  The journal of Tehran Heart Center

• Publication date

  2015-07-03

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  PMID 26697090PMCID 4685373
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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