European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Vol 4, 517-518, Copyright © 1990 by European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery
False passage in the interventricular septum. Echocardiography in diagnosis and management of a rare complication after closed transventricular valvotomy for critical aortic stenosis
JI Stein, B Rigler and A Beitzke
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Graz, Austria.
A case of a false passage causing an aneurysm of the interventricular
septum is reported. Two-dimensional echocardiography facilitates the
correct preoperative diagnosis of critical aortic stenosis and is helpful
in the postoperative management to assess the outcome and detect
complications. Surgical intervention for a false passage was prevented by
serial echocardiographic follow-up studies showing resolution of the
aneurysm.