Presentation
The child was presented with left ventricular dilatation with early and progressive signs of congestive heart failure. [paperity.org]
Marked cardiomegaly and dilatation were present along with diffuse myocardial infarction. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Clinical description Associated defects, usually involving the proximal coronary arteries, or the aortic or pulmonary valves, are present in nearly half the cases. [orpha.net]
A 25-year-old male presented to us with multiple episodes of syncope during the past 6 months. [circ.ahajournals.org]
Entire Body System
- Congestive Heart Failure
The child was presented with left ventricular dilatation with early and progressive signs of congestive heart failure. [paperity.org]
Results Eight of 11 patients presented at less than six months old (six with congestive heart failure) and three later with a murmur, all with clinical evidence of AR. [onlinejacc.org]
Children who are experiencing congestive heart failure will need to be hospitalized and managed aggressively with physical stress reduction, a reduction in fluid intake, and where applicable oxygen and diuretic therapy. [news-medical.net]
heart failure, hypertension, age ≥ 75 years, diabetes mellitus, stroke/transient ischemic attack, vascular disease, age 65-74 years, sex category CHADS 2 congestive heart failure, hypertension, age 75 years, diabetes mellitus, stroke CHARM Candesartan [accessmedicine.mhmedical.com]
Treatment Medical management is only for control of heart failure in neonates and while awaiting surgery. Without surgical treatment, most patients die early in life due to congestive heart failure as noted in two of our patients. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
- Pulmonary Valve Stenosis
Pediatr Cardiol 1989;10:99-103. 21 Martin Jimenez J, Gonzales Diegues CC, Quero Jimenez C, Rico Gomez F, Bermudez Canete R, Quero Jimenez M: Aortico-left ventricular tunnel associated with pulmonary valve stenosis. [gerboni.net]
Martin Jimenez J, Gonzales Diegues CC, Quero Jimenez C, Rico Gomez F, Bermudez Canete R, Quero Jimenez M: Aortico-left ventricular tunnel associated with pulmonary valve stenosis. Rev Esp Cardiol. 1996, 49: 921-4. PubMed 22. [springermedizin.de]
[…] atresia has been documented in the past.[ 9 ] Stenosis of pulmonary valve[ 10 ] and subvalvular pulmonary obstruction due to tunnel have been reported.[ 11 ] Clinical presentation A newborn with symptoms of heart failure, thrill, and harsh to and fro [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
- Fatigue
Signs and symptoms of severe defects in newborns include Rapid breathing Cyanosis - a bluish tint to the skin, lips, and fingernails Fatigue Poor blood circulation Many congenital heart defects cause few or no signs and symptoms. [icdlist.com]
CASE REPORT An eight-month-old boy arrived in our department presenting with dyspnea and fatigue after the slightest effort, symptoms that had started one month previously. [bjcvs.org]
Respiratoric
- Respiratory Distress
Diagnosis of causes for acute respiratory distress by pressure-volume curves. Chest. 1976 Dec;70(6):740–746. [PubMed] [Google Scholar] Sung CS, Leachman RD, Zerpa F, Angelini P, Lufschanowski R. Aortico--left ventricular tunnel. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Gastrointestinal
- Nausea
Case Presentation A seven-year-old girl presented to the emergency room (ER) with a six-day history of nausea, vomiting, and fevers. She has a history of aortic coarctation repair at 6 months of age. [ctsnet.org]
- Vomiting
Case Presentation A seven-year-old girl presented to the emergency room (ER) with a six-day history of nausea, vomiting, and fevers. She has a history of aortic coarctation repair at 6 months of age. [ctsnet.org]
Cardiovascular
- Heart Failure
Treatment Medical management is only for control of heart failure in neonates and while awaiting surgery. Without surgical treatment, most patients die early in life due to congestive heart failure as noted in two of our patients. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
- Heart Disease
Now, in full color, this leading reference offers you everything you need to treat and manage pediatric heart conditions. A comprehensive and exhaustive reference of fundamental and clinical aspects of heart disease in infancy and childhood. [books.google.com]
Aorto-ventricular tunnel ( AVT ) is an extremely rare form of congenital heart disease, representing an anomalous extracardiac communication between the ascending aorta and the left or right ventricles. [radiopaedia.org]
Rheumatic heart disease in our country is a common problem. [tgkdc.dergisi.org]
NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Atrial septal defect (Medical Encyclopedia) Bicuspid aortic valve (Medical Encyclopedia) Congenital heart defect corrective surgeries (Medical Encyclopedia) Congenital heart disease (Medical Encyclopedia) [icdlist.com]
- Heart Murmur
Cyanotic heart disease (Medical Encyclopedia) Dextrocardia (Medical Encyclopedia) Echocardiogram -- children (Medical Encyclopedia) Heart murmurs and other sounds (Medical Encyclopedia) Patent ductus arteriosus (Medical Encyclopedia) Ventricular septal [icdlist.com]
Occasional patients present with an asymptomatic heart murmur and cardiac enlargement, but most suffer heart failure in the first year of life. Etiology The etiology of aorto-ventricular tunnel is uncertain. [orpha.net]
A doctor hears this as a heart murmur. The subaortic membrane is twice as common in males. It has been reported in family clusters. It is more severe when diagnosed in children, rather than in adults. [achaheart.org]
A two-year-old male with a heart murmur was referred without any symptoms. On physical examination, a grade III/VI systolic–diastolic murmur at the upper left sternal border was heard. [365yixue.com]
Occasional patients present with an asymptomatic heart murmur and cardiac enlargement, but most suffer heart failure in the first year of life. The etiology of aorto-ventricular tunnel is uncertain. [gerboni.net]
- Cardiomegaly
Marked cardiomegaly and dilatation were present along with diffuse myocardial infarction. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Fig. 10.4 Prominent ascending aorta ( arrows ) and aortic knob and cardiomegaly with a dilated left ventricle in an 11-year-old patient with a ventricular septal defect complicated by aortic valve prolapse and aortic regurgitation. [radiologykey.com]
- Hypertension
We report a case of a 5-year-old female with a ventricular septal defect (VSD) and left lung agenesis with severe pulmonary hypertension who underwent successful closure of the VSD. From This Paper Figures, tables, and topics from this paper. [semanticscholar.org]
age ≥ 75 years, diabetes mellitus, stroke/transient ischemic attack, vascular disease, age 65-74 years, sex category CHADS 2 congestive heart failure, hypertension, age 75 years, diabetes mellitus, stroke CHARM Candesartan in Heart Failure Assessment [accessmedicine.mhmedical.com]
High- and long-term venous hypertension determines the valvular device deterioration of classical perforators making possible a pathological bi-directional flow. [rjme.ro]
In a patient with aortic dissection, in the presence of hypertension, the inner membrane protrudes into the LV not through the perivalvular location but through the valvular orifice without displacing the aortic annulus. [journals.plos.org]
Workup
Workup There are several approaches that may be used to diagnose DORV, which in some cases can be done even before the baby is born, prenatally. [news-medical.net]
Two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography with color Doppler imaging is the current modality of choice to establish the diagnosis of SAS (see Workup). [emedicine.medscape.com]
Treatment
details of surgical treatment, potential complications and literature references. [books.google.com]
Clinical implications of antenatal diagnosis on postnatal treatment and outcome are also discussed. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Many children with congenital heart defects don't need treatment, but others do. Treatment can include medicines, catheter procedures, surgery, and heart transplants. [icdlist.com]
Surgical treatment of aortico-left ventricular tunnel. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 1991; Vol 5, 113-116. [ Medline ] 5. Michielon G, Sorbara C, Casarotto DC. [bjcvs.org]
Prognosis
Treatment and prognosis In the majority of cases, even when the patient is asymptomatic, early surgical intervention is required to prevent permanent left ventricular dysfunction. [radiopaedia.org]
Rarely, aortic dilatation is seen in early infancy, with very poor prognosis. 3 The prevalence of both aortic dilatation and mitral valve prolapse in pediatric cohorts is approximately 80%. 1 Aortic regurgitation develops as a complication of aortic dilatation [radiologykey.com]
Prognosis Although natural history studies have not delineated the annual mortality rate, 2-10% of sudden deaths are reported in untreated individuals with severe left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction, including subvalvar aortic stenosis [emedicine.medscape.com]
It is the form with favorable prognosis and better survival at 5 and 10 years. Our study tries to systematize the debut forms of early gastric cancer and their association with the lesions with malignisation risk. [rjme.ro]
Etiology
Etiology The etiology of aorto-ventricular tunnel is uncertain. It appears to result from a combination of maldevelopment of the cushions which give rise to the pulmonary and aortic roots, and abnormal separation of these structures. [orpha.net]
This is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly first described by Levy and Lillehei in 1963. 3 Suggested Etiology 1. An example of coronary artery fistula 2. Persistence of embryonic rests of 5th arch 3. Intrauterine rupture of sinus Valsalva 4. [slideplayer.com]
Etiology The etiology of subvalvar aortic stenosis (SAS) still is not fully understood. [emedicine.medscape.com]
COMMENTS Ao-LVT has a congenital etiology [1-3], which can be associated with anomalies of the aortic valve and fetal hydrops or not [2]. [bjcvs.org]
There were many speculations about etiology of the tunnel, ranging from congenital to acquired nature of the defect. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Epidemiology
Summary Epidemiology The exact incidence is unknown, estimates ranging from 0.5% of fetal cardiac malformations to less than 0.1% of congenitally malformed hearts in clinico-pathological series. [orpha.net]
However, the Newfoundland dog has been shown to experience an increased incidence of subaortic membranes, which may in part be secondary to inbreeding and is consistent with an autosomal inheritance. [10] Epidemiology The approximate incidence of congenital [emedicine.medscape.com]
Epidemiology The incidence of aorto-left ventricular tunnel has been variably estimated to be around 0.1% of congenitally malformed hearts from review of clinical and pathological material [ 25 ], 0.05% among patients undergoing cardiac catheterization [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Pathophysiology
The Congenital Heart Defects are presented with each chapter devoted to a single malformation, with incidence, morphology, associated anomalies, pathophysiology, diagnosis (including clinical pattern, electrocardiogram, chest X-ray, echocardiogram, cardiac [books.google.com]
(See Pathophysiology and Treatment and Management.) Go to Aortic Stenosis for more complete information on this topic. [emedicine.medscape.com]
Prevention
Treatment and prognosis In the majority of cases, even when the patient is asymptomatic, early surgical intervention is required to prevent permanent left ventricular dysfunction. [radiopaedia.org]
Children’s heart conditions can’t be prevented, but a lot can be done to improve and often completely repair their hearts at any age. [nemours.org]
Folic acid supplementation remarkably reversed LV dilation, prevented apoptosis, decreased oxidative stress, and increased both VEGF isoform expression and capillary density despite continued volume overload induced by ACF. [fasebj.org]
Progressive aneurysmal dilatation of the aortic root in patients repaired at an older age is important and avoidable because of aortic regurgitation.[ 24 ] Hence, early correction is indicated not only to prevent heart failure but also to prevent progression [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]