Aortico-right atrial tunnel in an adult patient

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 21 - Trang 383-385 - 2005
Hurkan Kursaklioglu1, Atila Iyisoy1, Turgay Celik1, Sedat Kose1, Basri Amasyali1, Ersoy Isik1
1Chief of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Department of Cardiology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey

Tóm tắt

We describe an asymptomatic 27-year-old man who presented a continuous murmur, and was found to have a tunnel between the aorta and the right atrium. Successful surgical treatment was performed. We emphasize the rarity of this condition, and discuss its major features.

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