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Aorto-Left Ventricular Communication Through Extracardiac Tunnel

Gökhan Ipek, MD, Kaan Kirali, MD, Altu Tuncer, MD, Necmettin Yakut, MD, Suat Ömerolu, MD, Ali Gürbüz, MD, Cevat Yakut, MD

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Kosuyolu Heart and Research Hospital Istanbul, Turkey

For reprint information contact: Kaan Kirali, MD Tel: 90 216 325 5457 Fax: 90 216 339 0441 email: kosuyolu{at}superonline.com, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kosuyolu Heart and Research Hospital, Kadiköy, Istanbul 81020, Turkey.

An asymptomatic 24-year-old man underwent surgical correction of an aorto-left ventricular tunnel. A 1-cm opening was found 1 cm above the commissure of the left and right coronary cusps, which communicated with the left ventricle. It was successfully closed by direct suture.