Aortico-right ventricular tunnel.

Vargas, F J; Molina, A; Martinez, J C; Ranzini, M E; Vazquez, J C · Ann Thorac Surg · 1998

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A successful operation on an infant with a tunnel through which the aorta communicated with the right ventricle is reported. The diagnosis was suspected preoperatively on the basis of two-dimensional Doppler color echocardiography and confirmed by cardiac catheterization. The aortico-right ventricular tunnel originated independently from the left coronary ostium and above the sinus of Valsalva. Patch closure from inside the tunnel under deep hypothermia was successfully performed. Follow-up is satisfactory 5 years later.

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