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Aortic-right atrial tunnel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2005

Fernando Moraes ,
Cleusa Lapa Santos  and
Carlos R. Moraes
Fernando Moraes
Affiliation:
Heart Institute of Pernambuco, Real Hospital Português, Institute of Mother and Child of Pernambuco (IMIP), Recife, Brazil
Cleusa Lapa Santos
Affiliation:
Heart Institute of Pernambuco, Real Hospital Português, Institute of Mother and Child of Pernambuco (IMIP), Recife, Brazil
Carlos R. Moraes
Affiliation:
Heart Institute of Pernambuco, Real Hospital Português, Institute of Mother and Child of Pernambuco (IMIP), Recife, Brazil
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Abstract

We describe an asymptomatic 1-year-old boy who presented a continuous murmur, and was found to have a tunnel between the right atrium and the aorta. The definitive diagnosis was established by both echocardiography and aortography, and surgical interruption of the tunnel was successful. We emphasise the rarity of this condition, and discuss its major features.

Keywords

Congenital cardiac malformationsaortic-cameral fistulasurgery
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , February 2004 , pp. 86 - 88
Copyright
© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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