common atrium into the primitive left ventricle, which must empty across the incomplete ventricular septum into the right ventricle. The only channel of egress from the heart is the bulbus (conus) cordis, connecting the right ventricle with the truncus arteriosus. Both the pulmonary artery and the aorta eventually form from the truncus. In other words, both great vessels, in essence, arise from...

Aortopulmonary (AP) window is exactly a rare natural anomaly that represents roughly 0.2 and 0.5 of all heart abnormalities. It consists communication between the aorta pulmonary roadway or its branches. occurs due to abnormal development heart’s major blood vessels during early fetal growth. In utmost cases, this disfigurement by chance, with no clear reason. This condition can do on own other...

We report a successful staged repair for a quite rare combination of truncus arteriosus (TA), Van Praagh type A4, and abnormal origin of the left coronary artery (CA). Furthermore, the case was complicated by a variant of the chromosomal anomaly in cat-cry syndrome. The presence of interruption of the aortic arch (IAA) and abnormal CA origin has been previously reported to increase mortality. T...

This is the case of 28 year-old adult with suspected congenital heart disease since birth, not treated in childhood at the his family's choice. At 27 years old, he was diagnosed with pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect and systemic-pulmonary collaterals, where surgery was contraindicated. A new review in our department showed that it was an atypical form of truncus arteriosus. The ...

Patients with the third and fourth pharyngeal pouch syndrome, thymic and parathyroid aplasia or hypoplasia, have a very high incidence of aortic arch anomalies and congenital heart disease. These patients present with a unique syndrome characterized by profound hypocalcemia, defective thymic-mediated cellular immune function, and cardiovascular anomalies. The cardiac abnormalities most frequent...

BACKGROUND Abnormal venous connections involving a persistent right umbilical vein are rare. In a minority of cases the liver is entirely bypassed and the condition is associated with multiple congenital malformations. CASE PRESENTATION The described case illustrates a systemic venous drainage that was severely abnormal in a newborn girl with a truncus arteriosus type II congenital heart defe...

Conotruncal anomalies comprise a diverse group of congenital heart defects involving the outflow tracts of the heart and the great vessels, including tetralogy of Fallot, transposition of the great arteries, truncus arteriosus, interrupted aortic arch, and other anomalies. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging plays an increasingly important role in the evaluation of patients with the...