Aorta-right atrial tunnel

Cengiz Türkay; Ilhan Gölbaşi; Aytül Belgi; Savaş Tepe; Omer Bayezid

doi:10.1067/mtc.2003.87

Aorta-right atrial tunnel

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2003 May;125(5):1058-60. doi: 10.1067/mtc.2003.87.

Authors

Cengiz Türkay¹, Ilhan Gölbaşi, Aytül Belgi, Savaş Tepe, Omer Bayezid

Affiliation

¹ Departments of Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey. [email protected]

PMID: 12771879
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2003.87

Abstract

Aorta-right atrial tunnel is rare. We report a case of aorta-right atrial tunnel in which the right coronary artery arose from the tunnel. Successful surgical treatment was performed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Aorta / abnormalities*
Aorta / surgery
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / complications
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / diagnosis*
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / surgery
Diagnosis, Differential
Dyspnea / etiology
Humans
Male
Sinus of Valsalva / abnormalities*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed