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The role of echocardiography in the diagnosis of aorto-left ventricular tunnel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Jovan Kosutic
Jovan Kosutic*
Affiliation:
From the Mother and Child Health Institute, Beograd
*
Dr. J. Kosutic, Cardiology Department, Mother and child Health Institute, R. Dakica Street 6-8, 11070 N. Beograd, Yugoslavia
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Summary

A case is presented of a 3.5-year-old boy with aorto-left ventricular tunnel. A diagnosis of isolated aortic regurgitation had been made at the age of 11 months following cardiac catheterization with selective left ventricular angiography and aortography. The correct diagnosis was established 2.5 years later following cross-sectional echocardiographic examination combined with color Doppler investigation.

Keywords

Aorto-left ventricular tunnelechocardiography
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , January 1994 , pp. 84 - 86
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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