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Double-barrelled aorta with tetralogy of Fallot and pulmonary atresia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2006

Alessandra Bernasconi ,
Hyun-Woo Goo  and
Shi-Joon Yoo
Alessandra Bernasconi
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hyun-Woo Goo
Affiliation:
Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Shi-Joon Yoo
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Abstract

We report the first case of double-barrelled aorta associated with tetralogy of Fallot and pulmonary atresia, and we discuss the difficulties in the terminology of this fascinating anomaly.

Keywords

Persistent fifth aortic archventricular septal defect with pulmonary atresiacongenital heart disease
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , February 2007 , pp. 98 - 101
Copyright
2007 Cambridge University Press

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