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A tunnel from the left sinus of Valsalva to the right atrium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2005

Amira A. A. Al-Hay ,
Babulal Sethia  and
Elliot A. Shinebourne
Amira A. A. Al-Hay
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
Babulal Sethia
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
Elliot A. Shinebourne
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
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Abstract

We describe an individualised approach in the rare situation of a tunnel between the left aortic sinus of Valsalva and the junction of the superior caval vein with the right atrium. It is necessary, in this rare anomaly, to identify the origin of the left coronary artery prior to intervention.

Keywords

Aorto-right atrial tunnelleft coronary arterycongenital heart disease
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , January 2005 , pp. 79 - 81
Copyright
2005 Cambridge University Press

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