Open AccessAortic-Left Atrial Communication
Author(s) -
Thomas B. Beach,
James E. McClenathan
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.34.1.52
Subject(s) - medicine , lesion , cardiology , heart disease , disease , surgery
A case of aortic-left atrial communication is presented in a patient with chronic rheumatic heart disease. The rarity of this lesion, especially in association with rheumatic heart disease, is stressed and the diagnostic and therapeutic problems inherent in such a lesion are briefly discussed.
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