Intracardiac aorto-right atrial tunnel

Abstract

A 51-year old asymptomatic woman with no history of trauma or other relevant pathological background was referred to our institution due to an intracardiac aorta-right atrial fistula. Diagnosis was made by echocardiography and confirmed by cardiac catheterization. Surgical closure of both orifices (Figs. 1 and 2) was performed under cardiopulmonary bypass.

Idiopathic Aortic Root to Right Atrial Fistula

“…In 2004 Prahash et al described a case of a 43‐year‐old male with right‐sided heart failure due to SOV‐RA fistula who underwent surgical repair successfully; in this case the fistula was repaired with an patch. In 2012 Pancas et al reported a case of a 51‐year‐old female with asymptomatic aorta‐right atrium tunnel which was surgically repaired by closure of both right atrial and aortic orifices performed under cardiopulmonary bypass.…”