{"title":"Anomalous Origin of the Left Pulmonary Artery: Hemi-Truncus Arteriosus.","authors":"Ali Shabbir Hussain, Mariam Shakir, Shabina Ariff, Rehan Ali, Babar Hassan","doi":"10.21699/ajcr.v8i2.556","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hemi-truncus arteriosus is a rare congenital cardiovascular malformation. It usually presents in infancy and leads to development of progressive pulmonary vascular disease, heart failure, and death. We report a case of hemi truncus arteriosus in a 12-day-old neonate who was successfully managed at our institute.</p>","PeriodicalId":89657,"journal":{"name":"APSP journal of case reports","volume":"8 2","pages":"9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2017-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5371690/pdf/","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"APSP journal of case reports","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.21699/ajcr.v8i2.556","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2017/3/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Hemi-truncus arteriosus is a rare congenital cardiovascular malformation. It usually presents in infancy and leads to development of progressive pulmonary vascular disease, heart failure, and death. We report a case of hemi truncus arteriosus in a 12-day-old neonate who was successfully managed at our institute.