Aortico-left ventricular tunnel in adulthood: twenty-two year follow up.
Aortico-left ventricular tunnel (ALVT) is a rare congenital cardiac defect that is usually managed by surgical or catheter intervention. This case documents the 22 year follow up of a 44 year old man who has been managed medically through a programme of close clinical and echocardiographic monitoring. This report illustrates that conservative management of Type I ALVT can be undertaken without adverse clinical consequences.
Norman
Rose
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Kafka
Henryk
H
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D004452:Echocardiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left