STAGED SURGICAL TREATMENT IN AN INFANT WITH HUGE AORTOPULMONARY WINDOW PRESENTING WITH SEVERE PULMONARY HYPERTENSION AND RECURRENT PULMONARY INFECTION

ABDULLAH ÖZYURT, AYDIN TUNÇAY, NAZAN U TEKEREK, BAŞAK N AKYILDIZ, GONCA KOÇ, SELİM DOĞANAY, NAZMİ NARİN

Journal of Clinical Practice and Research - 2015;37(4):157-161

Aortopulmonary window (APW) is a very rare congenital aortic septation defect in which early diagnosis followed by an immediate repair is crucial. Severe pulmonary hypertension may develop even in early infancy as it occurred in our current case. Herein, we report a 4-month-old male who underwent staged surgical closure of a large APW presenting with severe pulmonary hypertension and recurrent pulmonary infection.