title: Aortico-left ventricular tunnel: echocardiographic recognition.
abstract: Aortico-left ventricular tunnel (ALVT) is a rare congenital malformation characterized by an abnormal communication between aorta and left ventricular cavity and the child presents with features of congestive heart failure in early infancy. We report the case of a 7-day-old baby who was diagnosed as a case of ALVT by echocardiography. The child was operated successfully and echocardiographic findings were confirmed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Congenital and Pediatric Heart Diseases, Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi.
authors.forename: Sushil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Azad
authors.forename: Munesh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tomar
authors.forename: Sitaraman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Radhakrishnan
authors.forename: Krishna Subramony
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Iyer
authors.forename: Savitri
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shrivastava
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography