Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement 3 Decades After Repair of Aortico-Left Ventricular Tunnel

Safak Alpat; Keir A Forgie; Isabelle VonderMuhll; Darren H Freed

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.04.092

Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement 3 Decades After Repair of Aortico-Left Ventricular Tunnel

Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Jan;109(1):e37-e39. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.04.092. Epub 2019 Jun 19.

Authors

Safak Alpat¹, Keir A Forgie¹, Isabelle VonderMuhll², Darren H Freed³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
² Division of Cardiology, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Northern Alberta Adult Congenital Heart Program, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
³ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Northern Alberta Adult Congenital Heart Program, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Electronic address: dhfreed@ualberta.ca.

PMID: 31228410
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.04.092

Abstract

Aortico-left ventricular tunnel is a rare congenital anomaly requiring surgical repair early in childhood. After corrective surgery, such patients are at risk of developing aortic insufficiency and aortic root dilatation. Herein, we describe a valve-sparing aortic root replacement 3 decades after the repair of aortico-left ventricular tunnel.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abnormalities, Multiple / surgery*
Adult
Aorta / abnormalities*
Aorta / surgery*
Aortic Valve / surgery*
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods
Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery*
Heart Ventricles / abnormalities*
Heart Ventricles / surgery*
Humans
Male
Organ Sparing Treatments / methods
Postoperative Complications / surgery*
Time Factors
Vascular Surgical Procedures / methods