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SUBMITTER: Bravo-Jaimes K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7007747 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Case reports in cardiology 20200127
The association of pulmonary atresia, ventricular septal defect (VSD) and major aortopulmonary collaterals (MAPCA) is an extreme form of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). It carries a high mortality risk if not intervened on during infancy with only 20% of unoperated patients surviving into adulthood. We present the case of a 40-year-old man who presented for evaluation prior to retinal surgery and was found to have hypoxia and a loud murmur. Cardiac catheterization was performed in the general cathete ...[more]