Traumatic coronary arteriovenous fistula communicating the left main coronary artery to pulmonary artery, associated with pulmonary valvular insufficiency and endocarditis: case report.
The authors present a case of a seventeen-year-old white male who suffered from a knife chest wound and secondarily developed a traumatic coronary arteriovenous fistula communicating the left main coronary artery to the pulmonary artery, associated with pulmonary valvular insufficiency and endocarditis.
Rangel
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Department of Cardiopulmonary Laboratory, Hospital de Especialidades, IMSS, Mexico City, Mexico.
Badui
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E
Verduzco
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C
Valdespino
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A
Enciso
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R
D000293:Adolescent; D001159:Arterio-Arterial Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D011665:Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications*; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications*