Surgical Repair of an Aortico-Left Ventricular Tunnel with Acute Infective Endocarditis

• DOI: 10.5761/atcs.cr.13-00165
• Publication Date: 2014-01-14T23:11:08Z
• Authors: Sheng-song Xu; Kai-hu Shi; Ji-ming Sha; Xiang Xie
• Keywords: Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; Male; Coronary Vessel Anomalies; Aortic Valve Insufficiency; Suture Techniques; Endocarditis, Bacterial; Middle Aged; 3. Good health; 03 medical and health sciences; Treatment Outcome; 0302 clinical medicine; Aortic Valve; Streptococcal Infections; Humans; Cardiac Surgical Procedures; Ultrasonography

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.