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Aortico-left ventricular tunnel and left ventricular non-compaction: a case series

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 June 2015

Brandon M. Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
Clinton D. Cochran
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
Sonal T. Owens*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
*
Correspondence to: S. T. Owens, MD, C.S.Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan Congenital Heart Center, 1540 East Hospital Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-4204, United States of America. Tel: 734 615 2369; Fax: 734 936 9470; E-mail: sthakkar@med.umich.edu

Abstract

Aortico-left ventricular tunnel and left ventricular non-compaction are rare congenital cardiac anomalies with varied clinical presentations and sparsely described co-existence in the medical literature. Owing to the limited information about these diagnoses in tandem, we present four cases of aortico-left ventricular tunnel and left ventricular non-compaction from our institution and discuss the clinical presentation, management, and follow-up.

Type
Brief Reports
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2015 

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