Open AccessAorta to right ventricular tunnel: a rare cause of holodiastolic flow reversal in aorta in an infant
Author(s) -
Nagendra Boopathy Senguttuvan,
Nilkanth C. Patil,
Shyam S. Kothari
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
european heart journal - cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.576
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2047-2412
pISSN - 2047-2404
DOI - 10.1093/ejechocard/jer156
Subject(s) - medicine , aorta , cardiology
A 40-day-old baby presented with tachypnoea, failure to thrive without cyanosis. His pulse rate was 150/min and respiration rate was 66/min with a normal capillary filling time. The cardiac examination revealed a loud, continuous murmur at the left second/third intercostal places. Electrocardiogram showed sinus tachycardia and chest X-ray showed increased pulmonary blood flow with cardiomegaly. A …
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