title: Repair of aortico-right ventricular tunnel.
abstract: Aortico-right ventricular tunnel was successfully corrected in a 15-month-old child. Both the aortic and right ventricular openings were closed with pledgeted sutures. The coronary artery anatomy was normal. At 12-month follow-up the patient is in excellent clinical condition. Before surgical intervention for aortico-right ventricular tunnel is undertaken, every effort should be made to diagnose the coronary artery anatomy, because failure to do so in the case of aberrant origin of a coronary artery may prevent successful surgical correction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Herzzentrum, University of Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: van Son
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hambsch
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Mohr
mesh_terms: D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000002:abnormalities