Repair of aortic-left atrial fistula following the transcatheter closure of an atrial septal defect

Dennis M Mello; John Fahey; Gary S Kopf

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.03.098

Repair of aortic-left atrial fistula following the transcatheter closure of an atrial septal defect

Ann Thorac Surg. 2005 Oct;80(4):1495-8. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.03.098.

Authors

Dennis M Mello¹, John Fahey, Gary S Kopf

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

PMID: 16181899
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.03.098

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Aortic Diseases / etiology
Aortic Diseases / surgery*
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods
Female
Fistula / etiology
Fistula / surgery*
Heart Atria / surgery*
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / surgery*
Heart Septum
Humans
Prostheses and Implants / adverse effects
Thrombosis / etiology
Thrombosis / surgery
Treatment Outcome