Case Reports in Cardiology (Jan 2011)

Successful Surgical Treatment of Congenital Aortopulmonary Window in an Adult Patient

  • Alessandro Giamberti,
  • Raul Abella,
  • Eduardo Consuegra Llapur,
  • Abdallah Raweh,
  • Silvia Cirri,
  • Alessandro Frigiola

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/505216
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2011

Abstract

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Congenital aortopulmonary window is a rare inborn cardiac malformation that should be surgically treated as soon as the diagnosis is made usually during infancy. We report a successful surgical treatment of a 23-year-old male patient with a big type III aortopulmonary window.