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Successful surgical repair of a massive window duct in a 1-month old with aniridia and pulmonary interstitial glycogenosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2014

Austine K. Siomos ,
Max B. Mitchell  and
Brian M. Fonseca
Austine K. Siomos*
Affiliation:
Departments of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Colorado, Colorado, United States of America
Max B. Mitchell
Affiliation:
Departments of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Colorado, Colorado, United States of America
Brian M. Fonseca
Affiliation:
Departments of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Colorado, Colorado, United States of America
*
Correspondence to: Dr A. K. Siomos, MD, Departments of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Colorado, 13123 E 16th Ave B100, Aurora, CO 80045, United States of America. Tel: +603 401 7347; E-mail: austine.siomos@childrenscolorado.org
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Abstract

The window duct is a rare congenital anomaly that is physiologically similar to an aortopulmonary window but is extrapericardial at the distal pulmonary trunk. The diagnosis is challenging, and surgical management is complex. Our patient is the first and the youngest to be reported with successful closure and diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging.

Keywords

Aortic operationcongenital heart disease surgeryaniridiapatent ductus arteriosus
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , March 2015 , pp. 594 - 596
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2014 

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