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Left ventricular-right atrial fistula complicating redo mitral valve replacement
M Weinrich1, T P Graeter, F Langer
1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospitals of Saarland, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|February 24, 2001
Abstract:
We describe the case of a 58-year-old female patient who underwent redo mitral valve replacement and remained in heart failure. The diagnosis of a left ventricular-right atrial fistula was made. The fistula was closed surgically with a patch of autologous pericardium. The patient improved immediately after the operation and has been asymptomatic since.