Surgical correction of congenital left coronary-pulmonary artery fistula and rheumatic mitral valve disease. Case report.
A 56-year-old woman with stenosis and incompetence of the mitral valve and clinical signs of congestive heart failure was found to have a communication between the left anterior descending coronary artery and the pulmonary trunk. A mitral valve prosthesis was inserted and the fistula was closed from within the pulmonary artery.
Lanzillo
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Division of Cardiac Surgery, Gemelli Hospital, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
Alessandrini
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F
Bartoccioni
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S
Bombardieri
G
G
Intonti
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MA
Pragliola
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C
Morelli
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M
Baruffi
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E
D001159:Arterio-Arterial Fistula / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000601:surgery*