Aortopulmonary window

Aortopulmonary window
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Aortopulmonary window
Alternate Names : Aortopulmonary septal defect, Aortopulmonary fenestration
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Aortopulmonary window is a rare heart defect in which there is a hole between the major blood vessel feeding the heart (the aorta) and the one going to the lungs (pulmonary artery). The condition is congenital, which means it is present from birth.

Aortopulmonary window
Reviewed last on: 2/29/2008
Mark A Fogel, MD, FACC, FAAP, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Radiology and Director of Cardiac MR, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
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See also: Heart failure, Hypertension, Pulmonary hypertension, Surgery, Fenestration