Aortopulmonary Fistula Occurring 4 Years After Replacement of the Ascending Aorta

A 62-year-old man presenting with congestive heart failure due to a fistula between an aortic pseudoaneurysm and the right pulmonary artery is described. The shunt occurred 4 years after aortic valve and supracoronary graft replacement and was diagnosed by transesophageal contrast echocardiography....

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery 2006-05, Vol.81 (5), p.e18-e20
Hauptverfasser:	Maeder, Micha T., Wolber, Thomas, Künzli, Andreas, Genoni, Michele, Blank, Robert, Rickli, Hans
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aneurysm, Dissecting - surgery Aneurysm, False - complications Aneurysm, False - diagnostic imaging Aneurysm, False - physiopathology Aortic Aneurysm - surgery Aortic Diseases - etiology Aortic Diseases - surgery Aortic Valve - surgery Aortic Valve Stenosis - surgery Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation Drug Combinations Echocardiography, Transesophageal Formaldehyde - therapeutic use Gelatin - therapeutic use Heart Block - surgery Heart Failure - etiology Heart Valve Prosthesis Humans Male Microbubbles Middle Aged Pacemaker, Artificial Pulmonary Artery - diagnostic imaging Pulmonary Artery - surgery Reoperation Resorcinols - therapeutic use Time Factors Tissue Adhesives Tomography, X-Ray Computed Vascular Fistula - etiology Vascular Fistula - surgery
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