title: Thoracic aortocaval fistula due to gunshot wound.
abstract: This article presents a patient with an arteriovenous fistula between the brachiocephalic trunk and superior vena cava, a site not otherwise reported in the literature so far. The fistula was presumably the result of an accidental gunshot wound 8 years previously. Following the diagnosis, the fistula was repaired without any complication and the patient's symptoms disappeared.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Semiz
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sancaktar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yalçinkaya
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Demircan
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Değer
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D000328:Adult; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D016122:Brachiocephalic Trunk / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000293:injuries*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery