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(Circulation. 1950;2:880.)
© 1950 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Congenital Aortic Septal Defect with Communication between Aorta and Pulmonary Artery

Case Report and Review of Literature

HERTA SPENCER M.D.¹ HARVEY J. DWORKEN M.D.¹

¹ From the Department of Medicine and the Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio.

A case of congenital defect of the aortic septum is reported, together with a summary of thirteen previously described cases. The authors briefly describe their concept of the dynamics of the lesion and suggest a method of possible surgical correction, in instances where the diagnosis is made early.