Aorta-to-Right Ventricular Fistula Due to Pectus Bar Migration

Aydemir B., Sokullu O., Hastaoglu O., Bilgen F., Celik M., Dogusoy I.

THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON, cilt.59, ss.51-52, 2011 (SCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi) identifier identifier identifier

  • Cilt numarası: 59 Konu: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1055/s-0030-1249869
  • Dergi Adı: THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON
  • Sayfa Sayısı: ss.51-52

Özet

A 23-year-old man, operated on for pectus excavatum with a modified Ravitch procedure, was admitted to our emergency department suffering from severe dsypnea. Massive pericardial effusion, rupture of the sinus of Valsalva, and aortic-to-right ventricular fistula were present on echocardiography. Cardiac penetration of the metal bar was detected on chest CT scan. The defect at the right sinus of Valsalva was closed with a PTFE patch, and the right aortic and ventricular ruptures were repaired primarily.