Transcatheter device closure of a congenital aortic-left atrial tunnel

Congenit Heart Dis. 2014 Jan-Feb;9(1):E23-6. doi: 10.1111/chd.12059. Epub 2013 Apr 22.

Abstract

Rare cases of aortic-left atrial tunnel exist in the literature. This case report highlights the echocardiographic characterization of this vascular anomaly and provides the first description of an aortic-left atrial tunnel closed by interventional cardiac catheterization in a pediatric patient.

Keywords: Aortic-Atrial Tunnel; Echocardiography; Interventional Catheterization; Transcatheter Device; Vascular Anomaly.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

  • Aorta / abnormalities*
  • Aorta / diagnostic imaging
  • Cardiac Catheterization / instrumentation*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
  • Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional
  • Equipment Design
  • Heart Atria / abnormalities*
  • Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnosis
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Treatment Outcome