Successful surgical repair of a giant arteriovenous fistula of the coronary arteries.
Large coronary arteriovenous fistulas (CAVF) cause severe symptoms and their repair involves the serious challenge of occluding the fistula while simultaneously preserving normal coronary flow. We present a case of a giant CAVF involving the right and left coronary arteries in a symptomatic adult patient and its successful surgical repair.
Bobos
Dimitrios
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Department of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece. dbobos@hol.gr
Chatzis
Andrew C
AC
Giannopoulos
Nicolas M
NM
Tsoutsinos
Alexander
A
Antoniadis
Aias
A
Cokkinos
Dennis
D
Sarris
George E
GE