Post-coronary artery bypass grafting left internal mammary artery to pulmonary artery fistula: a 6 year follow-up following successful surgical division
| Autor: | Abdul K. Deiraniya, G. Musleh, Anjum Jalal |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Fistula Internal thoracic artery Pulmonary Artery Angina Coronary artery bypass surgery Aneurysm Postoperative Complications Arterio-Arterial Fistula medicine.artery Internal medicine Medicine Humans Coronary Artery Bypass Mammary Arteries business.industry General Medicine medicine.disease Surgery Coronary arteries medicine.anatomical_structure Pulmonary artery Cardiology Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Artery |
| Zdroj: | European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery. 20(6) |
| ISSN: | 1010-7940 |
| Popis: | We report a case of young male patient who developed left internal mammary artery to pulmonary artery fistula 9 years following the coronary artery bypass grafting operation. The clinical signs and symptoms were very subtle including recurrence of angina and heart murmur. Surgical division of the fistula and re-grafting of blocked coronary arteries resulted in satisfactory long term outcome. |
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