Surgical repair of aortoventricular tunnel connected to the apex of the right ventricle in a neonate.
We describe a neonate in whom early symptoms of heart failure developed because of a rare aorta-right ventricular tunnel connected to the apex of the right ventricle. Successful immediate surgical repair was carried out with closure of both ends of the tunnel.
Division of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation, and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. Electronic address: bobylev.dmitry@mh-hannover.de.
Dmitry
D
Bobylev
Division of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation, and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Masamichi
M
Ono
Division of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation, and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Anneke
A
Neumann
Division of Pediatric Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Harald
H
Bertram
Division of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation, and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Alexander
A
Horke
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000601:surgery*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006343:Heart Septal Defects / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn