Tetralogy of Fallot with an aortopulmonary septal defect - Prenatal diagnosis

Tetralogy of Fallot with an aortopulmonary septal defect - Prenatal diagnosis

Patel C R; Smith G L; Lane J R

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

2007

2007-08

An aortopulmonary septal defect is a rare cardiac malformation in which there is a communication between the ascending aorta and pulmonary trunk in the presence of 2 separate semilunar valves. There are reports of postnatal diagnosis of aortopulmonary septal defects in association with tetralogy of Fallot.(1-4) Prenatal diagnosis of an aortopulmonary septal defect with tetralogy of Fallot is rare. We report a case of tetralogy of Fallot and an aortopulmonary septal defect diagnosed by fetal echocardiography at 30 weeks' gestation. The diagnosis was confirmed on postnatal cross-sectional echocardiography and at surgery.

Acoustics; fetal echocardiography; Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging; Radiology; repair; window

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