Aortic-right atrial tunnel.
We describe an asymptomatic 1-year-old boy who presented a continuous murmur, and was found to have a tunnel between the right atrium and the aorta. The definitive diagnosis was established by both echocardiography and aortography, and surgical interruption of the tunnel was successful. We emphasise the rarity of this condition, and discuss its major features.
Moraes
Fernando
F
Heart Institute of Pernambuco, Real Hospital Português, Institute of Mother and Child of Pernambuco (IMIP), Recife, Brazil.
Santos
Cleusa Lapa
CL
Moraes
Carlos R
CR
D001011:Aorta / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome