Acquired aorto-pulmonary fistula in acute dissection.
We describe a 41-year-old man with an acute dissection of the ascending aorta with fistulation into the pulmonary artery. The diagnosis was made pre-operatively by 2-D and Doppler echocardiography. Surgery was successfully performed.
Veerbeek
A G
AG
Department of Cardiologie, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, Amsterdam.
van der Wieken
L R
LR
Schuilenburg
R M
RM
Bloemendaal
K
K
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001011:Aorta / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001027:Aortography; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery