title: Acquired aorta-pulmonary artery fistula: diagnosis by multiple imaging modalities.
abstract: Acquired communication between the aorta and the pulmonary artery is a rare phenomenon. We describe two patients with a thoracic aortic aneurysm in whom the diagnosis of a communication with the pulmonary artery was first made on transthoracic echocardiography and then more completely elucidated by means of multiple imaging modalities: transesophageal echocardiography, epiaortic ultrasound, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging. Representative images from these complementary studies are presented. A successful repair of the fistula was subsequently accomplished in both patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kort
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Tunick
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Applebaum
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hayes
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Krinsky
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sadler
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Culliford
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Grossi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ostrowski
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kronzon
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery