Aortopulmonary window. Experience of eleven cases.

Aortopulmonary (AP) window is a communication between the ascending aorta and the main pulmonary artery, in the presence of two separate arterial valves arising from separate subarterial ventricular outflow tracts. It is a rare anomaly that accounts for approximately 0.1% to 0.

Sotalol in the treatment of fetal tachyarrhythmia.

Background: Fetal tachycardia is an uncommon condition that if sustained may lead to fetal death. There is no consensus regarding the optimum treatment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of sotalol in the treatment of fetal tachycardia.

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome with in utero closed foramen ovale: case report.

We report a case of a newborn with a prenatal diagnosis of hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), referred at 37 weeks of gestation. The fetal echocardiogram had shown classic morphologic aspects of HLHS with patent mitral valve and aortic valve atresia. The atrial septum was thickened and the foramen ovale (FO) appeared to be patent.

Subaortic stenosis following anatomic correction for transposition of the great arteries.

The authors present a case report of a 12-year-old boy with diagnosis of transposition of the great arteries and ventricular septal defect, who underwent an arterial switch operation plus closure of the septal defect. On follow-up, left ventricular outflow tract obstruction was detected, initially mild. Last year, he started complaining of fatigue on exercise.

Permanent junctional reciprocating tachycardia: an incessant tachycardia in children.

Unlabelled: Permanent junctional reciprocating tachycardia is an infrequent form of reentrant supraventricular tachycardia but is the commonest incessant tachycardia in childhood. The persistent nature of the tachycardia can lead to heart failure secondary to left ventricular dysfunction and the arrhythmia is often refractory to drug control.

Study Objective: To review the main clinical features and therapeutic options currently available for this arrhythmia.