Aorto-Left Ventricular Tunnel – A Case Report

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 d...

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Autores principales: Diwakar, Anitha, Chalam, Kolli S, Hiremath, Channabasavaraj S, Manohar, Krishna, Dash, PK
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7034214/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31929259
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/aca.ACA_14_19
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Sumario: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.

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