Hemitruncus with ventricular septal defect in a 6-year-old child

Abstract

We report a 6-year-old girl with anomalous origin of the right pulmonary artery from the aorta associated with a large ventricular septal defect. The challenges in the assessment of operability and issues in the surgical management are discussed.

Keywords

• Congenital heart disease
• hemitruncus
• pulmonary arterial hypertension