title: Infective endocarditis complicated with left atrioventricular fistula in a 20-year-old patient. A case study.
abstract: Intracardiac fistulas are rare complications of infective endocarditis. We report an unusual case of successful surgical repair of intracardiac fistula between the left ventricle and the left atrium in the course of infective endocarditis in a 20-year-old patient. According to this we conclude that timely diagnosis, proper antibiotic treatment, and early surgical intervention should improve the outcomes of infective endocarditis complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Cardiologic Care, 1  Chair of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Lodz, Poland.
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Banyś
authors.forename: Witold
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pawłowski
authors.forename: Sławomir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jander
authors.forename: Karol
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bartczak
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maciejewski
authors.forename: Ryszard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jaszewski