Aortopulmonary fistula occurring 4 years after replacement of the ascending aorta

Ann Thorac Surg. 2006 May;81(5):e18-20. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.01.029.

Abstract

A 62-year-old man presenting with congestive heart failure due to a fistula between an aortic pseudoaneurysm and the right pulmonary artery is described. The shunt occurred 4 years after aortic valve and supracoronary graft replacement and was diagnosed by transesophageal contrast echocardiography. After redo surgery the patient made an uneventful recovery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm, False / complications*
  • Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm, False / physiopathology
  • Aortic Aneurysm / surgery*
  • Aortic Diseases / etiology
  • Aortic Diseases / surgery*
  • Aortic Dissection / surgery*
  • Aortic Valve / surgery
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation*
  • Drug Combinations
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Formaldehyde / therapeutic use
  • Gelatin / therapeutic use
  • Heart Block / surgery
  • Heart Failure / etiology
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microbubbles
  • Middle Aged
  • Pacemaker, Artificial
  • Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Artery / surgery
  • Reoperation
  • Resorcinols / therapeutic use
  • Time Factors
  • Tissue Adhesives
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Vascular Fistula / etiology
  • Vascular Fistula / surgery*

Substances

  • Drug Combinations
  • Resorcinols
  • Tissue Adhesives
  • gelatin-resorcinol-formaldehyde tissue adhesive
  • Formaldehyde
  • Gelatin