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Aortic atresia, interrupted aortic arch type C perfused by bilateral arterial duct
1Department of Pediatric Cardiology, AZ Maastricht, P. Debeylaan 25, PO Box 5800, NL-6206 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands
2Department of Pediatric Cardiology, UZ Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
* Corresponding author. E-mail address: marc.gewillig@uzleuven.be
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A non-syndromatic, 4.2 kg male newborn was admitted to the hospital at 24 h of age because of grunting and pale colour. Suspecting cardiogenic shock, prostaglandin infusion was initiated with prompt improvement of the clinical condition.
Echocardiography revealed a complex congenital heart