Tetralogy of fallot coexisting with aortopulmonary window: a case report

ABSTRACT

Teralogy of Fallot and aortopulmonary window are rarely associated. One-day-old male infant diagnosed preoperatively in the Department of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery in Children's Hospital Medical Center at Cincinnati, Ohio [United States], with truncus arteriosus, was discovered intraoperatively to have tetralogy of Fallot coexisting with aortopulmonary window. The child underwent a successful intraoperative repair. The hypothesis concerning the embryological pathogenesis of this association is discussed. The difficulty of preoperative diagnosis is emphasized