Aortopulmonary septal defect
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Aortopulmonary septal defect (APSD), also known as aortopulmonary window (APW) or , is a cardiac abnormality that results from abnormal communication between the proximal aorta and the main pulmonary artery. It is an uncommon anomaly, occurring in less than 1% of all persons with a congenital heart disease. It has similar hemodynamic features to a patent ductus arteriosus, ventricular septal defect, or, even more so, to a common truncus arteriosus, the anatomical difference from the latter being the presence of separate well-defined aortic and pulmonary valves. aortopulmonary septal defect
This term should not be confused with the radiologic aortopulmonary window (AP window), which refers to a mediastinal space on chest radiographs and CT scans.
-<p><a href="/articles/aortopulmonary-window-apw">Aortopulmonary window (APW)</a> or <a title="aortopulmonary septal defect" href="/articles/aortopulmonary-septal-defect">aortopulmonary septal defect</a> is a cardiac abnormality that results from abnormal communication between the proximal aorta and the main pulmonary artery. It is an uncommon anomaly, occurring in less than 1% of all persons with a congenital heart disease. It has similar hemodynamic features to a patent ductus arteriosus, ventricular septal defect, or, even more so, to a common truncus arteriosus, the anatomical difference from the latter being the presence of separate well-defined aortic and pulmonary valves. </p><p>This term should not be confused with the radiologic <a href="/articles/aortopulmonary-window">aortopulmonary window (AP window)</a>, which refers to a mediastinal space on chest radiographs and CT scans.</p>- +<p><a title="Aortopulmonary septal defect (APSD)" href="/articles/aortopulmonary-septal-defect-1">Aortopulmonary septal defect (APSD)</a>, also known as aortopulmonary window (APW), is a cardiac abnormality that results from abnormal communication between the proximal aorta and the main pulmonary artery. It is an uncommon anomaly, occurring in less than 1% of all persons with a congenital heart disease. It has similar hemodynamic features to a patent ductus arteriosus, ventricular septal defect, or, even more so, to a common truncus arteriosus, the anatomical difference from the latter being the presence of separate well-defined aortic and pulmonary valves. </p><p>This term should not be confused with the radiologic <a href="/articles/aortopulmonary-window">aortopulmonary window (AP window)</a>, which refers to a mediastinal space on chest radiographs and CT scans.</p>