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01-06-2013 | Images in Pediatric Cardiology
Prenatal Images of the Aortopulmonary Window With an Interrupted Aortic Arch
Published in: Pediatric Cardiology | Issue 5/2013
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A 35-year-old woman, gravid 2 para 1, was referred to our clinic for detailed sonographic evaluation at 29 weeks gestation because of fetal growth restriction. Fetal echocardiography demonstrated a situs solitus with normal atrioventricular and ventriculoarterial connections. However, the left and right ventricular outflow tracts were combined just above the semilunar valves, representing a λ-shaped vascular complex in the three-vessel trachea (3VT) view (Fig. 1a, Movie 1).
Fig. 1
Fetal echocardiogram at 29 weeks gestation. a Short-axis view showing the λ-shaped hypoechoic lesion representing the aortopulmonary window. b Color doppler sonogram demonstrating the confluence of the aorta and the pulmonary artery. Ao, aorta; PA, pulmonary artery; SVC, superior vena cava
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