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DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-924411
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
Aorta-Right Atrial Fistula after VSD Operation
Publication History
Received March 7, 2006
Publication Date:
21 March 2007 (online)
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Abstract
We describe a late complication after ventricular septal defect surgical repair. Proximally, the fistula spread into the right atrium, resulting in an aorta-right atrium fistula. This is a previously unreported iatrogenic complication after a cardiac operation. An aorta-to-right atrial fistula developed within 14 years after closure of an atrial and ventricular septal defect. Previous ventricular septal defect operations should be remembered as a possible cause of aorta-right atrial fistula. Surgical correction was required.
Key words
VSD - fistula - iatrogenic
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