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Successful repair of aorto-left ventricular tunnel diagnosed prenatally

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2005

Jacek Kolcz ,
Katarzyna Januszewska  and
Edward Malec
Jacek Kolcz
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Polish-American Children's Hospital, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
Katarzyna Januszewska
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Polish-American Children's Hospital, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
Edward Malec
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Polish-American Children's Hospital, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
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Abstract

Aorto-left ventricular tunnels are anomalous communications between the ascending aorta and the left ventricle. Prenatal diagnosis, followed by successful surgical management, is rare. We describe a fetus diagnosed with aorto-left ventricular tunnel at 35 weeks who achieved a favourable outcome after immediate postnatal surgical repair.

Keywords

Fetal cardiologyaortic rootaortic insufficiency
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , March 2005 , pp. 219 - 222
Copyright
© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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