Open AccessCoronary Artery Fistula After Cardiac Transplantation
Author(s) -
Deepak Acharya,
Silvio Litovsky,
Silvio E. Papapietro,
Salpy V. Pamboukian,
José Tallaj
Publication year - 2012
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/circulationaha.112.115519
Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , fistula , general surgery , surgery
A 68-year-old man with ischemic cardiomyopathy underwent heart transplantation in 2007. A routine endomyocardial biopsy done 4 weeks after transplantation reported 2 arterial branches (Figure 1). Physical examination did not reveal a murmur. Echocardiogram did not show a pericardial effusion. Coronary arteriogram 4 months later showed a left anterior descending artery-to-right ventricle fistula (Figure 2 and Movie I in the online-only Data …
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