Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Cardiovascular Disease Research Center of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
Kai-hu Shi
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Cardiovascular Disease Research Center of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
Ji-ming Sha
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Cardiovascular Disease Research Center of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
Xiang Xie
Department of Echocardiography, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
Published: 2015 Received: July 03, 2013Released on J-STAGE: February 20, 2015Accepted: November 18, 2013
Advance online publication: January 15, 2014
Revised: -
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.
