Left ventricular-coronary sinus/right ventricular fistula late after mitral valve replacement.

López Almodóvar, Luis Fernando; Rufilanchas, Juan José; Enríquez, Fernando; Maroto, Luis; Pérez de la Sota, Enrique; Cortina, José · Ann Thorac Surg · 2004

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Development of an intracardiac fistula is a rare complication after mitral valve replacement. In the literature we have found six cases of left ventricular-coronary sinus fistula and another one of left ventricular-coronary sinus and right atrial fistula. We report the history and course of a patient in whom a left ventricular-coronary sinus and right ventricular fistula developed late after mitral valve replacement. The current study examines this type of intracardiac shunt, and presents our report on a left ventricular-coronary sinus and right ventricular fistula complication.

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