Surgical repair of left ventricle to coronary sinus fistula complicating mitral valve replacement.
We report the case of a 55-year-old female patient who underwent reoperation because of left ventricular to coronary sinus fistula following previous mitral valve replacement. The fistula was closed surgically with a patch of heterologous bovine pericardium. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient is recovering well 12 months after the operation.
Marianeschi
Stefano Maria
SM
Angelo De Gasperis Department of Cardiac Surgery, Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy.
Cannata
Aldo
A
Catena
Emanuele
E
Tarelli
Giuseppe
G
Vitali
Ettore
E
D054326:Coronary Sinus; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000601:surgery*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012086:Reoperation; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000601:surgery*