Acquired aortopulmonary fistula
Anand R Shenoy1, Guruprasad D Naik, Kiron Varghese
1Department of Cardiology, St John's Medical College Hospital, Kormangala, Bangalore. anandrshenoy@hotmail.com
Indian Heart Journal
|October 17, 2003
Abstract:
An acquired aortopulmonary artery fistula is rare. We describe a case with an aortic arch aneurysm communicating with the main pulmonary artery. The diagnosis was made on the basis of transthoracic echocardiography and confirmed by transesophageal echocardiography. A post-mortem examination revealed the complete anatomy of the aneurysm and the aortopulmonary communication.


