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Thoracic aortocaval fistula due to gunshot wound
E Semiz1, O Sancaktar, S Yalçinkaya
1Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon
|October 1, 1996
Abstract:
This article presents a patient with an arteriovenous fistula between the brachiocephalic trunk and superior vena cava, a site not otherwise reported in the literature so far. The fistula was presumably the result of an accidental gunshot wound 8 years previously. Following the diagnosis, the fistula was repaired without any complication and the patient's symptoms disappeared.