title: Repair of aortic-left atrial fistula following the transcatheter closure of an atrial septal defect.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: Dennis M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Mello
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fahey
authors.forename: Gary S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Kopf
mesh_terms: 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