title: Aorto-atrial fistula following internal jugular vein catheterization.
abstract: A 48-year-old woman with giant haemangioma of the liver underwent percutaneous transjugular placement of a stent in the left hepatic vein for relief of an obstruction due to the compression of the benign liver tumour. Following the procedure, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation occurred and right-sided heart failure gradually appeared. Echocardiography and cardiac catheterization demonstrated a fistula between the aortic root and the right atrium, that was confirmed on surgery.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital, Ein-Karem, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Danenberg
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hasin
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Milgalter
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gilon
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zelinger
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Castaing
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Azoulay
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Putterman
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bismuth
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Samuel
mesh_terms: D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D001159:Arterio-Arterial Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007601:Jugular Veins; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D008875:Middle Aged