Aortico left ventricular tunnel- A rare case report

Aortico-Left Ventricular Tunnel (ALVT) is a tunnel connecting between the aorta and the left ventricle. It causes blood to flow through it in the diastolic period, causing aortic regurgitation. Large percentage of patients presented with congestive heart failure and almost half of them were asymptomatic. ALVT is a rare cause of aortic regurgitation, incidence ranging from 0.1 to 0.46. We report a case of ALVT who presented to our department.