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This report describes the echocardiographic findings of truncus arteriosus, right aortic arch, and persistent left superior vena cava draining into the coronary sinus in a 32-week-old fetus, in whom the diagnosis was confirmed by autopsy.
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de Araujo, L.M.L., Schmidt, K.G., Silverman, N.H. et al. Prenatal detection of truncus arteriosus by ultrasound. Pediatr Cardiol 8, 261–263 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02427539
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