Aorto-left ventricular tunnel - A case report

Ann Card Anaesth. 2020 Jan-Mar;23(1):98-99. doi: 10.4103/aca.ACA_14_19.

Abstract

Aorto-left ventricular tunnel (ALVT) is a rare congenital anomaly with extracardiac channel connecting ascending aorta to the ventricle. It presents early in life due to congestive cardiac failure. We present a case of ALVT with unusual morphology in an 11-year-old male child with palpitations and dyspnea. We also describe the transesophageal echocardiography evaluation of ALVT.

Keywords: Aorto-left ventricular tunnel; congenital; morphology.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aorta / diagnostic imaging
  • Aorta / surgery
  • Aortico-Ventricular Tunnel / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aortico-Ventricular Tunnel / surgery*
  • Child
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal / methods*
  • Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Ventricles / surgery
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
  • Male