Aortopulmonary Collateral Artery from the Proximal Ascending Aorta: A Rare Anatomical Finding
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Careddu, Lucio; Angeli, Emanuela; Assenza, Gabriele Egidy; Hasan, Tammam; Quarti, Andrea; Petridis, Francesco Dimitri; Donti, Andrea; Gargiulo, Gaetano Domenico
- Source
- World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery; September 2020, Vol. 11 Issue: 5 p669-671, 3p
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- ISSN
- 21501351
Tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia and major aortopulmonary collateral arteries is a rare congenital heart lesion in which pulmonary blood supply may arise from different segments of the aorta. We report an unusual case of a newborn with a major collateral artery originating from the proximal ascending aorta. Successful reparative surgery was undertaken.