Aneurysmal aorto-right ventricular tunnel.

Singh, Sushil Kumar; Dwivedi, Sudhanshu Kumar; Kumar, Ambrish; Vijay, Sudarshan Kumar; Rajput, Nitin; Devenraj, Vijyant; Lal Sahni, Jeevan · Ann Thorac Surg · 2012

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A successful closure of an aneurysmal aorto-right ventricular tunnel (ARVT) in a 16-year-old male patient is reported here. An attempt at device closure had failed in this patient. Diagnosis was confirmed by Doppler echocardiography, 3-dimensional computed tomography, and cardiac catheterization. Surgical closure with a Dacron patch (W.L. Gore & Associates, Flagstaff, AZ) at the aortic end and direct closure at the ventricular end was done successfully with the patient under mild hypothermia. The postoperative echocardiogram showed a competent aortic valve with a closed ARVT.

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