Aortic arch interruption type A with aortopulmonary fenestration in an offspring of a chronic alcoholic mother ("fetal alcohol syndrome").

A case is described of a newborn infant, small for gestational age, with the features of the "fetal alcohol syndrome", who presented a murmur within the first few days of life, and died at age 7 days in heart failure. Autopsy revealed interruption of the aortic arch, type A, an aortopulmonary window and intact interventricular septum. The association of "fetal alcohol syndrome" and cardiac malformation is discussed, with reference to other cases described in the literature.