Long-Term Traumatic and Asymptomatic Aorto-Right Atrial Fistula

Aorto-atrial fistulas due to cardiac trauma are rare, and survivors require immediate surgical correction. Here, we report a case of an aorto-right atrial fistula due to penetrating trauma after a 16-year evolution, which developed symptoms of acute coronary syndrome and was treated with myocardial...

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Autores principales: de Lima, Sandro Gonçalves, Lordsleem, Andréa Bezerra de Melo da Silveira, Campos, Kaique Leal, Silva, Juliana Guedes, Santos, Marcelo Antônio Oliveira, Markman Filho, Brivaldo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6385840/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30810682
http://dx.doi.org/10.21470/1678-9741-2018-0296
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Sumario:Aorto-atrial fistulas due to cardiac trauma are rare, and survivors require immediate surgical correction. Here, we report a case of an aorto-right atrial fistula due to penetrating trauma after a 16-year evolution, which developed symptoms of acute coronary syndrome and was treated with myocardial revascularization and correction of the aorto-cameral fistula.

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