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- Title
An unusual and rare form of truncus arteriosus in an asymptomatic woman.
- Authors
Nabati, Maryam
- Abstract
Persistent truncus arteriosus is a rare congenital cardiac malformation. It is characterized by a single great artery arising from the heart which supplies the aorta, the origin of coronary arteries and pulmonary arteries. Without surgery, prognosis is poor and 90% of these patients die before one year of age. We report a rare case of an asymptomatic 35-year-old woman with uncorrected persistent truncus arteriosus and hypoplastic right and left pulmonary arteries. Hypoplastic branch pulmonary arteries prevented the development of severe pulmonary arterial hypertension.
- Subjects
PULMONARY artery; PULMONARY hypertension; RARE diseases; PERSISTENT truncus arteriosus
- Publication
Ultrasound, 2017, Vol 25, Issue 4, p251
- ISSN
1742-271X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1742271X17709853