Surgical repair of an aortico-left ventricular tunnel with acute infective endocarditis

Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015;21(1):81-3. doi: 10.5761/atcs.cr.13-00165. Epub 2014 Jan 15.

Abstract

Aortic-left ventricular tunnel is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly, which always arises from the right coronary sinus and enters the left ventricle, occasionally the right ventricle and right atrium. However, aortic and left ventricular tunnel associated with infective endocarditis is rarely seen in literatures. Here, we present a case of aortic and left ventricular tunnel associated with infective endocarditis in a 47-year-old man.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Valve / microbiology
  • Aortic Valve / surgery*
  • Aortic Valve Insufficiency / diagnosis
  • Aortic Valve Insufficiency / microbiology
  • Aortic Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / complications
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / diagnosis
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / surgery*
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / surgery*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Streptococcal Infections / diagnosis
  • Streptococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Streptococcal Infections / surgery*
  • Suture Techniques
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ultrasonography