Repair of aortic-left atrial fistula following the transcatheter closure of an atrial septal defect.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We describe the surgical treatment of an aortic-left atrial fistula that appeared 6 months after the placement of an Amplatzer septal occluder for closure of a large secundum atrial septal defect. Successful repair of the fistula was accomplished by a combined transatrial-transaortic approach similar to that used to repair the rupture of a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm.
Medical subject headings
- Aortic Diseases
- Fistula
- Heart Atria
- Heart Septal Defects, Atrial