Abstract:A 6-month-old baby boy had undergone the Jatene procedure at 4 days. Four months later, catheter intervention (balloon angioplasty) was performed because of severe stenosis at the bifurcation of the pulmonary arteries. Twenty days later, several episodes of cyanosis occurred and he was readmitted. The existence of shunt flow between the sinus of valsalva and the pulmonary bifurcation was detected by echocardiography and examination by 16-row MDCT revealed 2 holes at this site. Under a diagnosis of aortopulmona… Show more
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