title: SUCCESSFUL CLOSURE OF POST-TRAUMATIC CAROTID-JUGULAR ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA COMPLICATED BY CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AND CEREBROVASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY.
abstract: This report describes a patient who received a traumatic injury of the neck 28 years prior to admission to this institution. He had required multiple hospitalizations, along with medications for congestive heart failure. After ligation of a large arteriovenous fistula and replacement of a 3 cm segment of the left common carotid artery with an 8 mm double-velour graft, the patient was greatly improved.
authors.affiliation: Divisions of Cardiology and Surgery, Texas Heart Institute of St. Luke's Episcopal and Texas Children's Hospitals, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: Sunil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kakkar
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Angelini
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Leachman
authors.forename: Denton A.
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Cooley