title: Use of an Amplatzer duct occluder for closing an aortico-left ventricular tunnel in a case of noncompaction of the left ventricle.
abstract: Aortico-left ventricular tunnel (ALVT) is a very rare congenital anomaly. Noncompaction of the left ventricle or "spongy myocardium" is another rare congenital cardiomyopathy. We report probably the first case in which these two rare anomalies causing pump failure coexisted in a 4-year-old make and the tunnel was successfully treated nonsurgically. Transcatheter closure of ALVT with the Amplatzer duct occluder is feasible and safe in a case of noncompaction of the LV with reduced LV function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Heart Care Centre, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology, ADITI, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. dr_vj@hotmail.com
authors.forename: I B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Vijayalakshmi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chitra
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Prabhu Deva
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000628:therapy*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male