An unusual case of a congenital aorto-left atrial tunnel

作者:Di Eusanio Marco*; Biagini Elena; Gargiulo Gaetano; Di Bartolomeo Roberto; Lorenzini Massimiliano; Ferlito Marinella; Pasquale Ferdinando; Castrovinci Sebastiano; Rapezzi Claudio; Anderson Robert H
来源:Cardiovascular Pathology, 2014, 23(4): 241-243.
DOI:10.1016/j.carpath.2014.02.002

摘要

Most usually, the aortic tunnels empty into the left ventricle. Very rarely, they open to the left atrium. The essence of the aortic tunnels is that they bypass the hinges of the valvar leaflets within the aortic root. We have recently encountered an aorto-left atrial tunnel satisfying this criterion.

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