title: Surgical repair of aortico-left ventricular tunnel: report of two cases.
abstract: Two girls aged 1 and 15 years with heart murmurs were diagnosed with aortico-left ventricular tunnel. In the 1-year-old, the tunnel had an intracardiac aneurysm within the right ventricular outflow tract; both openings were closed The 15-year-old had no aneurysmal dilatation, but she had mild aortic regurgitation; the aortic opening of the tunnel was closed with a patch. Both girls had uneventful postoperative courses with excellent early results.
authors: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata City, Japan. s.shuichi@med.niigata-u.ac.jp
authors: Shuichi
authors: S
authors: Shiraishi
authors: Masashi
authors: M
authors: Takahashi
authors: Maya
authors: M
authors: Watanabe
authors: Masanori
authors: M
authors: Tsuchida
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001011:Aorta / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006337:Heart Murmurs / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D016896:Treatment Outcome