SUCCESSFUL REPAIR OF A MASSIVE CORONARY ARTERIOVENOUS-FISTULA IN A 68-YEAR-OLD MAN

Authors
PHILLIPS WS COOLEY DA
Citation
Ws. Phillips et Da. Cooley, SUCCESSFUL REPAIR OF A MASSIVE CORONARY ARTERIOVENOUS-FISTULA IN A 68-YEAR-OLD MAN, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 61(3), 1996, pp. 984-986
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
61
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
984 - 986
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1996)61:3<984:SROAMC>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Successful ligation of a massive coronary arteriovenous fistula in a 6 8-year-old man is reported. The defect, which extended from the left c oronary artery to the coronary sinus, had been diagnosed 17 years earl ier. At the time of repair, the patient's age and fistula-related comp lications made him a relatively high-risk operative candidate. In ligh t of this case, operative approaches for repairing coronary arterioven ous fistulas are discussed.