| Literature DB >> 8893601 |
H H Bauer1, P D Allmendinger, J Flaherty, D Owlia, M A Rossi, C Chen.
Abstract
Congenital coronary arteriovenous fistula is an unusual, but not rare, coronary anomaly. Management of asymptomatic fistulas is controversial because of great variability in natural history. We describe an 82-year-old female patient with spontaneous rupture of a previously undetected left main coronary artery-to-pulmonary artery coronary arteriovenous fistula, with resulting hemopericardium and cardiac tamponade. Emergent surgical exploration and repair provided successful treatment.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID： 8893601 DOI： 10.1016/0003-4975(96)00757-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Thorac Surg ISSN： 0003-4975 Impact factor: 4.330