Aorta-to-right ventricular outflow tract fistula with coronary cusp prolapse.

Abstract

We describe a rare case of aorta-to-right ventricular fistula in a 20-year-old man who presented with signs and symptoms of congestive heart failure. He was successfully treated by closing the fistula with a Dacron patch from the aortic side. At follow-up, he was asymptomatic with no left-to-right shunt.

• Authors: Kaushal K Tiwari, Alessandro C Salvati, Michele di Summa, Andrea Barbieri, Gina Portella, Gino Strada
• Journal: Asian cardiovascular & thoracic annals (Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann) Vol. 21 Issue 2 Pg. 193-5 (Apr 2013) ISSN: 1816-5370 [Electronic] England
• PMID: 24532619 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Aorta (abnormalities, diagnostic imaging)
• Aortic Diseases (complications, diagnosis, surgery)
• Aortic Valve Prolapse (diagnosis, etiology, surgery)
• Cardiopulmonary Bypass
• Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
• Echocardiography, Transesophageal
• Fistula (complications, diagnosis, surgery)
• Heart Defects, Congenital (complications, diagnosis, surgery)
• Heart Failure (etiology)
• Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
• Heart Ventricles (abnormalities, diagnostic imaging)
• Humans
• Male
• Sternotomy
• Treatment Outcome
• Young Adult