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Acquired postoperative coronary arteriovenous fistula
1Department of Medicine, Ottawa General Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis
|June 1, 1992
Abstract:
A patient is described who underwent closed mitral valvotomy and presented 21 years later with left ventricular failure. Coronary angiography revealed a coronary artery to pulmonary vein arteriovenous fistula. This is the first report of an acquired fistula of this type developing secondary to trauma associated with cardiac surgery. Diagnosis and treatment implications are discussed.