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Aorto‐Left Ventricular Tunnel with Its Origin in the Left Sinus of Valsalva Associated with a Single Coronary Artery and Aortic Insufficiency in an Adult
Author(s) -
Colak Necmettin,
Nazli Yunus,
Alpay Mehmet Fatih,
Cakir Omer
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2011.01278.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , ventricle , aortic sinus , left coronary artery , artery , sinus (botany) , aorta , botany , biology , genus
Aorto‐ventricular tunnel is a rare congenital anomaly, an abnormal paravalvular communication between the aorta and the left ventricle. We report successful surgical correction in a patient with aorto‐left ventricular tunnel associated with a single coronary artery and aortic insufficiency who had undergone surgical correction a year before. (J Card Surg 2011;26:437‐439)