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Successful repair of aortico-left ventricular tunnel associated with severe aortic stenosis in a newborn

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A one-day-old infant presented with severe congestive heart failure and a continuous precordial murmur. Noninvasive studies revealed an aortico-left ventricular tunnel and severe valvar aortic stenosis. Angiocardiography confirmed the diagnosis. Patch closure of the tunnel and aortic valvotomy were accomplished successfully at 24 h of age.

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  1. Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Schneider Children's Hospital, New Hyde Park, New York

    Shmuel Diamant & Norman Gootman

  2. Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York

    John M. Luber Jr.

  3. State University of New York School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York, USA

    Shmuel Diamant, John M. Luber Jr. & Norman Gootman

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Diamant, S., Luber, J.M. & Gootman, N. Successful repair of aortico-left ventricular tunnel associated with severe aortic stenosis in a newborn. Pediatr Cardiol 6, 171–173 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02336559

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