title: Transcatheter device closure of a congenital aortic-left atrial tunnel.
abstract: Rare cases of aortic-left atrial tunnel exist in the literature. This case report highlights the echocardiographic characterization of this vascular anomaly and provides the first description of an aortic-left atrial tunnel closed by interventional cardiac catheterization in a pediatric patient.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, Calif, USA.
authors.forename: Heather Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Katie Jo
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Buccola
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Punn
authors.forename: Norman H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Silverman
authors.forename: Lynn F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Stanton B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: Sowmya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Balasubramanian
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D004867:Equipment Design; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Aortic-Atrial Tunnel; Echocardiography; Interventional Catheterization; Transcatheter Device; Vascular Anomaly