Successful repair of aorto-left ventricular tunnel diagnosed prenatally
Jacek Kolcz1, Katarzyna Januszewska, Edward Malec
1Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Polish-American Children's Hospital, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, 30-663 Kraków, Poland.
Cardiology in the Young
|April 23, 2005
Abstract:
Aorto-left ventricular tunnels are anomalous communications between the ascending aorta and the left ventricle. Prenatal diagnosis, followed by successful surgical management, is rare. We describe a fetus diagnosed with aorto-left ventricular tunnel at 35 weeks who achieved a favourable outcome after immediate postnatal surgical repair.
