Acquired aortopulmonary fistula.
An acquired aortopulmonary artery fistula is rare. We describe a case with an aortic arch aneurysm communicating with the main pulmonary artery. The diagnosis was made on the basis of transthoracic echocardiography and confirmed by transesophageal echocardiography. A post-mortem examination revealed the complete anatomy of the aneurysm and the aortopulmonary communication.
Shenoy
Anand R
AR
Department of Cardiology, St John's Medical College Hospital, Kormangala, Bangalore. anandrshenoy@hotmail.com
Naik
Guruprasad D
GD
Varghese
Kiron
K
Shetty
Gurappa G
GG
Iyengar
Shamanna S
SS
D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001159:Arterio-Arterial Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001344:Autopsy; D004452:Echocardiography; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed