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Neonatal death due to transposition in association with premature closure of the oval foramen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2006

Michael Ashworth ,
Mudher Al Adnani  and
Neil J. Sebire
Michael Ashworth
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Histopathology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Mudher Al Adnani
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Histopathology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Neil J. Sebire
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Histopathology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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Abstract

We present a male infant, born at term, who collapsed and died at 30 minutes of age. Autopsy demonstrated concordant atrioventricular and discordant ventriculo-arterial connections with premature closure of the oval foramen, which bulged markedly into the left atrium. Premature closure of the oval foramen is rare in the setting of transposition. As far as we know, there have been only three previously reported cases.

Keywords

Congenital heart diseasecyanosisneonatal collapse
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 16 , Issue 6 , December 2006 , pp. 586 - 589
Copyright
© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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