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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;80:2362-2364
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Traumatic Aorto-Right Ventricular Fistula With Aortic Insufficiency

Abdullah Kaya, MD a , * , Paul Dekkers, MD b , Antonino Loforte, MD a , Wybren Jaarsma, MD, PhD b , Wim J. Morshuis, MD, PhD a

a Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
b Department of Cardiology, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands

Accepted for publication July 29, 2004.

* Address correspondence to Dr Kaya, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Antonius Hospital, Koekoekslaan 1, 3435 CM Nieuwegein, the Netherlands (Email: a_kaya33{at}hotmail.com).

We present a case of a traumatic aorto-right ventricular fistula coexistent with aortic insufficiency due to perforation of the left coronary leaflet, which is a lesion rarely described in the literature. We compare our experience with reports from the literature.




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