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Aortic root replacement in a patient following congenital aortico‐left ventricular tunnel repair in childhood
Author(s) -
Portelli Tremont Jaclyn N.,
Kalra Amit,
Savarese Christine,
Lee Leonard Y.
Publication year - 2017
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/jocs.13219
Subject(s) - medicine , aortic root , cardiology , left ventricular aneurysm , surgery , aneurysm , aorta
Congenital aortico‐left ventricular tunnel requires surgical repair during childhood. Long‐term surveillance is essential in these patients given the risk for aortic aneurysm development in adulthood. We describe an aortic root replacement for an aortic aneurysm five decades following the closure of an aortic‐left ventricular tunnel.