title: Correction of aortico-left ventricular tunnel in a small Oriental infant: a brief clinical review.
abstract: In reviewing 56 cases of aortico-left ventricular tunnel from 39 reported articles, none of the patients operated on were Oriental. In this report, a 4 month-old male infant was successfully operated on. The tunnel was closed with a Dacron patch on the aortic orifice. The child is now free from symptoms, except for mild residual aortic regurgitation, and is developing normally 5 year-11 month after repair. A brief clinical review has been attempted in these reported cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical College, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Y F
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D044466:Asian People; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000208:ethnology / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male