Surgical repair of aortoventricular tunnel connected to the apex of the right ventricle in a neonate.

Bobylev, Dmitry; Ono, Masamichi; Neumann, Anneke; Bertram, Harald; Horke, Alexander · Ann Thorac Surg · 2014

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We describe a neonate in whom early symptoms of heart failure developed because of a rare aorta-right ventricular tunnel connected to the apex of the right ventricle. Successful immediate surgical repair was carried out with closure of both ends of the tunnel.

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