Aorta-right atrial tunnel leading to heart failure

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• 作者：Refik Emre Altekin ; MD^a ; ^{dremre29@yahoo.com} ; ?brahim Basarici ; MD^a ; Serkan Koc ; MD^b ; Murathan Kucuk ; MD^c ; Atakan Yanikoglu ; MD^a ; ?brahim Demir ; PhD^a
• 关键词：Atrium ; Tunnel ; Aorta
• 刊名：Journal of Cardiology Cases
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：October 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：4
• 期：2
• 页码：e87-e89
• 全文大小：443 K

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Summary

Congential aorta-right atrial tunnel (ARAT) is a rare anomaly. Many patients are asymptomatic and diagnosis can be made during investigation of systolic and diastolic continuous murmur heard on cardiac oscultation. In some patients, symptoms such as palpitation, dyspnea, and fatigue on exertion can be seen. With transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography diagnosis can usually be made, but more definite diagnosis is possible with coronary angiography, aortography, and computerized tomography. Herein with the data from current literature we will discuss a case who was admitted to our clinic with symptoms of heart failure and diagnosed with ARAT.