Surgical repair of aortico-left ventricular tunnel arising from the left aortic sinus

Masamichi Ono; Heidi Goerler; Dietmar Boethig; Thomas Breymann

doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.174516

Surgical repair of aortico-left ventricular tunnel arising from the left aortic sinus

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2008 May;7(3):510-1. doi: 10.1510/icvts.2007.174516. Epub 2008 Feb 20.

Authors

Masamichi Ono¹, Heidi Goerler, Dietmar Boethig, Thomas Breymann

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation, and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany. [email protected]

PMID: 18287118
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2007.174516

Abstract

Aortico-left ventricular tunnel is a rare congenital cardiac defect, which bypasses the aortic valve via the paravalvar connection from the left ventricle to the aorta. In most of the cases, the tunnel arises from the right aortic sinus. We herein report a case of aortico-left ventricular tunnel, of which the aortic orifice was arising from the left aortic sinus, requiring special attention for avoiding left coronary artery injury at the time of surgical repair.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abnormalities, Multiple / pathology
Abnormalities, Multiple / surgery*
Aorta / abnormalities
Aorta / surgery*
Aortic Valve Insufficiency / etiology*
Aortic Valve Insufficiency / pathology
Aortic Valve Insufficiency / surgery
Cardiac Surgical Procedures* / adverse effects
Coronary Angiography
Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
Heart Defects, Congenital / complications
Heart Defects, Congenital / pathology
Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery*
Heart Ventricles / abnormalities
Heart Ventricles / surgery
Humans
Infant
Severity of Illness Index
Sinus of Valsalva / abnormalities
Sinus of Valsalva / surgery*
Treatment Outcome