Aorto-left ventricular communication arising from the left aortic sinus of Valsalva: echocardiographic diagnosis and surgical repair.
A rare case of aorto-left ventricular communication arising from the left aortic sinus is described. This is the first reported case, known to us, in which the diagnosis was established by two-dimensional echocardiography and angiocardiography and a successful surgical repair was accomplished.
D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D002648:Child; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery