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- Title
Aorto-Left Atrial Fistula after Mitral Valve Surgery.
- Authors
Yesin, Mahmut; Kalçık, Macit; Gürsoy, Mustafa Ozan; Karakoyun, Süleyman; Gündüz, Sabahattin; Köksal, Cengiz; Özkan, Mehmet
- Abstract
The most common cardiac complications after prosthetic valve replacement include prosthetic valve endocarditis, thromboembolism, pericardial effusion, hemolysis, and valve failure due to prosthetic valve thrombosis or periprosthetic regurgitation. Aorto‐atrial fistula after valve surgery is a rare complication, which usually occurs after aortic valve surgery. However, development of an aorto‐left atrial fistula after prosthetic mitral valve replacement is very rare. Here, we present a patient who had aorto‐atrial fistula evaluated by transesophageal echocardiography.
- Subjects
AORTA; FISTULA; PROSTHETIC heart valves; MITRAL valve diseases; TRANSESOPHAGEAL echocardiography; LEFT heart atrium; SURGERY
- Publication
Echocardiography, 2015, Vol 32, Issue 9, p1446
- ISSN
0742-2822
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/echo.12959