title: Successful surgical repair of an aortico-left ventricular tunnel in a two day old child.
abstract: Repair of an aortico-left ventricular tunnel was successfully accomplished on the second day of life in a neonate with severe cardiac failure. During pregnancy an echocardiographic diagnosis of aortic insufficiency (AI) was made and the type of the malformation was completely clarified after birth. Repair was accomplished using an open patch aortoplasty technique as suggested by Bjork.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Medical School, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zannini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gargiulo
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Albanese
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bonvicini
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Santorelli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Frascaroli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pierangeli
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal