Aortico-right atrial tunnel in an adult patient.
We describe an asymptomatic 27-year-old man who presented a continuous murmur, and was found to have a tunnel between the aorta and the right atrium. Successful surgical treatment was performed. We emphasize the rarity of this condition, and discuss its major features.
Kursaklioglu
Hurkan
H
Department of Cardiology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Etlik, Ankara, Turkey 06018. shurkan@superonline.com
Iyisoy
Atila
A
Celik
Turgay
T
Kose
Sedat
S
Amasyali
Basri
B
Isik
Ersoy
E
D000328:Adult; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001027:Aortography; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D004452:Echocardiography; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology