TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence of bilateral patent ductus arteriosus in patients with pulmonic valve atresia and asplenia syndrome
AU - Formigari, Roberto
AU - Vairo, Ugo
AU - de Zorzi, Andrea
AU - Santoro, Giuseppe
AU - Marino, Bruno
PY - 1992/11/1
Y1 - 1992/11/1
N2 - In patients with congenital pulmonic valve atresia the bilateral patent ductus arteriosus is one of the rarest patterns of blood supply to the lungs.1-3 Freedom et al4 described 15 cases of bilateral patent ductus arteriosus in patients with pulmonic valve atresia: in 9 cases there was a pulmonic valve atresia with ventricular septal defect, in 1 a pulmonic valve atresia in a setting of "complex congenital heart disease with situs solitus" and in 5 patients the pulmonic valve atresia was associated with atrial isomerism. A further case was recently reported in association with pulmonic valve atresia and intact ventricular septum,5 but there are no published reports of a systematic study of the association of bilateral patent ductus arteriosus with various forms of pulmonic valve atresia.
AB - In patients with congenital pulmonic valve atresia the bilateral patent ductus arteriosus is one of the rarest patterns of blood supply to the lungs.1-3 Freedom et al4 described 15 cases of bilateral patent ductus arteriosus in patients with pulmonic valve atresia: in 9 cases there was a pulmonic valve atresia with ventricular septal defect, in 1 a pulmonic valve atresia in a setting of "complex congenital heart disease with situs solitus" and in 5 patients the pulmonic valve atresia was associated with atrial isomerism. A further case was recently reported in association with pulmonic valve atresia and intact ventricular septum,5 but there are no published reports of a systematic study of the association of bilateral patent ductus arteriosus with various forms of pulmonic valve atresia.
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U2 - 10.1016/0002-9149(92)90063-5
DO - 10.1016/0002-9149(92)90063-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 1414953
AN - SCOPUS:0026442865
VL - 70
SP - 1219
EP - 1220
JO - American Journal of Cardiology
JF - American Journal of Cardiology
SN - 0002-9149
IS - 13
ER -