title: Aorto-left ventricular tunnel: uncommon site of origin and management.
abstract: Cases of aorto-ventricular tunnel involving the right ventricle and more commonly, the left ventricle have been described. The site of origin is located above the right coronary cusp and occasionally, the left. We describe an aorto-left ventricular tunnel in a 16-year-old girl, with aneurysmal expansion into the right ventricular outflow tract. Its aortic origin was above the commissure of the right and noncoronary cusps of the aortic valve.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bangalore, India. aruldf@gmail.com
authors.forename: Arul Dominic
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Furtado
authors.forename: Syed Murfad
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Peer
authors.forename: Seetharama
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhat
authors.forename: Jayaranganath
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mahimarangaiah
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001011:Aorta / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D001027:Aortography; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome