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SUBMITTER: Phadke MS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4310993 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov-Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Phadke Milind S MS Sabnis Girish R GR Patil Devendra V DV Lanjewar Charan P CP Kerkar Prafulla G PG
Indian heart journal 20141105 6
Persistent Truncus Arteriosus (PTA) is an extremely rare defect accounting for under 1% of all congenital heart disease, and over 85% of patients succumb to heart failure in infancy. We report a case of van Praagh type A3 PTA, which represents its rarest variant and accounts for only 8-10% of all patients with PTA. The presence of ductal stenosis in such cases is further exceedingly rare. ...[more]