Aortic atresia and aortico-left ventricular tunnel: successful surgical management by Konno aortoventriculoplasty in a neonate.
A newborn infant with aortic atresia and aortico-left ventricular tunnel was successfully treated by Konno aortoventriculoplasty. A 15 mm Ionescu-Shiley pericardial xenograft was inserted when the patient was 5 days old and it was replaced with a 19 mm St. Jude Medical prosthesis at 2 years of age.
D001011:Aorta / Q000002:abnormalities*; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities*; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn