Late outcome after repair of aortico-left ventricular tunnel: 10-year follow-up. 2006

Osami Honjo, and Kozo Ishino, and Masaaki Kawada, and Shin-ichi Ohtsuki, and Teiji Akagi, and Shunji Sano
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama, Japan. osami.honjo@sickkids.ca

Despite successful surgical repair, patients with congenital aortico-left ventricular tunnel (ALVT) are at risk of developing aortic incompetence in the late postoperative period. Two cases of ALVT were followed for 10 years with special reference to aortic incompetence and geometry of the aortic root. The patients underwent repair of ALVT, one at 4 years of age and the other at 4 months of age. The first patient had a slit-like tunnel (type I) and the aortic orifice was closed with a pericardial patch. The second patient had a large tunnel with an extracardiac aneurysm (type II) and was closed with a pericardial patch at the aortic orifice and a Dacron patch at the left ventricular orifice, thereby completely obliterating the tunnel. The last echocardiographic evaluation showed no residual flow in the tunnel and no aortic incompetence in case 1, but there was mild aortic valvular regurgitation with deformity of the right sinus in case 2. Careful long-term follow-up is necessary because patients with ALVT have some inherent structural abnormalities from the left ventricular outflow tract to the aortic root.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D008297 Male Males
D011859 Radiography Examination of any part of the body for diagnostic purposes by means of X-RAYS or GAMMA RAYS, recording the image on a sensitized surface (such as photographic film). Radiology, Diagnostic X-Ray,Roentgenography,X-Ray, Diagnostic,Diagnostic X-Ray,Diagnostic X-Ray Radiology,X-Ray Radiology, Diagnostic,Diagnostic X Ray,Diagnostic X Ray Radiology,Diagnostic X-Rays,Radiology, Diagnostic X Ray,X Ray Radiology, Diagnostic,X Ray, Diagnostic,X-Rays, Diagnostic
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D005260 Female Females
D005500 Follow-Up Studies Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease. Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006330 Heart Defects, Congenital Developmental abnormalities involving structures of the heart. These defects are present at birth but may be discovered later in life. Congenital Heart Disease,Heart Abnormalities,Abnormality, Heart,Congenital Heart Defect,Congenital Heart Defects,Defects, Congenital Heart,Heart Defect, Congenital,Heart, Malformation Of,Congenital Heart Diseases,Defect, Congenital Heart,Disease, Congenital Heart,Heart Abnormality,Heart Disease, Congenital,Malformation Of Heart,Malformation Of Hearts
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001014 Aortic Aneurysm An abnormal balloon- or sac-like dilatation in the wall of AORTA. Aneurysm, Aortic,Aneurysms, Aortic,Aortic Aneurysms
D001022 Aortic Valve Insufficiency Pathological condition characterized by the backflow of blood from the ASCENDING AORTA back into the LEFT VENTRICLE, leading to regurgitation. It is caused by diseases of the AORTIC VALVE or its surrounding tissue (aortic root). Aortic Incompetence,Aortic Regurgitation,Aortic Valve Incompetence,Regurgitation, Aortic Valve,Incompetence, Aortic,Incompetence, Aortic Valve,Insufficiency, Aortic Valve,Regurgitation, Aortic

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