title: Surgical repair of an aortico-left ventricular tunnel with acute infective endocarditis.
abstract: Aortic-left ventricular tunnel is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly, which always arises from the right coronary sinus and enters the left ventricle, occasionally the right ventricle and right atrium. However, aortic and left ventricular tunnel associated with infective endocarditis is rarely seen in literatures. Here, we present a case of aortic and left ventricular tunnel associated with infective endocarditis in a 47-year-old man.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Cardiovascular Disease Research Center of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
authors.forename: Sheng-Song
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Kai-Hu
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Ji-Ming
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sha
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xie
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography