title: Successful repair of aorto-left ventricular tunnel diagnosed prenatally.
abstract: Aorto-left ventricular tunnels are anomalous communications between the ascending aorta and the left ventricle. Prenatal diagnosis, followed by successful surgical management, is rare. We describe a fetus diagnosed with aorto-left ventricular tunnel at 35 weeks who achieved a favourable outcome after immediate postnatal surgical repair.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Polish-American Children's Hospital, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, 30-663 Kraków, Poland.
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kolcz
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Januszewska
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Malec
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal