Unal M, Tuncer C, Serçe K, Bostan M, Gökçe M, Erem C
Department of Radiology, Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Medicine, Trabzon, Türkiye.
Acta Cardiol. 1995;50(3):241-4.
We present a 32-year-old female with aortopulmonary window and vegetation of non-valvular main pulmonary artery. The aortopulmonary window is a rare congenital disease in which the aorta and pulmonary arteries are communicated by a defect of variable diameter. The pulmonic valve is the least commonly involved valve in bacterial endocarditis, but there is no vegetation of non-valvular main pulmonary artery in the literature. Colour duplex sonography showed an aortopulmonary window with aortic regurgitation. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging demonstrating the vegetation on the wall of main pulmonary artery, is an useful and complementary method, and can be used for demonstration of congenital and acquired cardiovascular pathologies including aortopulmonary window and subpulmonic or suprapulmonic vegetations.
我们报告一名32岁女性,患有主肺动脉非瓣膜性赘生物的主肺动脉窗。主肺动脉窗是一种罕见的先天性疾病,其中主动脉和肺动脉通过直径可变的缺损相通。肺动脉瓣是细菌性心内膜炎中最不常受累的瓣膜,但文献中尚无主肺动脉非瓣膜性赘生物的报道。彩色双功超声心动图显示存在伴有主动脉瓣反流的主肺动脉窗。磁共振成像显示主肺动脉壁上的赘生物,是一种有用的辅助方法,可用于显示先天性和后天性心血管病变,包括主肺动脉窗以及肺动脉瓣下或瓣上赘生物。