Repair of aortic-left atrial fistula following the transcatheter closure of an atrial septal defect.
We describe the surgical treatment of an aortic-left atrial fistula that appeared 6 months after the placement of an Amplatzer septal occluder for closure of a large secundum atrial septal defect. Successful repair of the fistula was accomplished by a combined transatrial-transaortic approach similar to that used to repair the rupture of a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm.
Mello
Dennis M
DM
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Fahey
John
J
Kopf
Gary S
GS
D000293:Adolescent; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000601:surgery*; D006346:Heart Septum; D006801:Humans; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000009:adverse effects; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome