Aortic root to left-atrial fistula after aortic valve replacement: A rare complication and its intraoperative management | Zendy

Tanveer Ahmad | Zendy; Satish Chithiraichelvan | Zendy; ThimmangoudaAyangouda Patil | Zendy; Vivek Jawali | Zendy

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Aortic root to left-atrial fistula after aortic valve replacement: A rare complication and its intraoperative management

Author(s) -

Tanveer Ahmad,

Satish Chithiraichelvan,

ThimmangoudaAyangouda Patil,

Vivek Jawali

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

annals of cardiac anaesthesia

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.42

H-Index - 27

eISSN - 0974-5181

pISSN - 0971-9784

DOI - 10.4103/0971-9784.129872

Subject(s) - complication , medicine , aortic valve replacement , fistula , surgery , aortic root , surgical complication , cardiology , radiology , aorta , stenosis

Aorto-atrial fistula is a rare complication of prosthetic aortic valve replacement (AVR) and most of them have been diagnosed as a late complication. We present a case of this unusual complication after AVR. Intraoperative transoesophageal echocardiography identified and diagnosed this rare and potentially disastrous surgical complication and confirmed adequacy of its surgical repair.

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