title: Aorta-to-right ventricular outflow tract fistula with coronary cusp prolapse.
abstract: We describe a rare case of aorta-to-right ventricular fistula in a 20-year-old man who presented with signs and symptoms of congestive heart failure. He was successfully treated by closing the fistula with a Dacron patch from the aortic side. At follow-up, he was asymptomatic with no left-to-right shunt.
authors.affiliation: The Salam Center for Cardiac Surgery, A Project of Emergency, Khartoum, Sudan.
authors.forename: Kaushal K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Tiwari
authors.forename: Alessandro C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Salvati
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: di Summa
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barbieri
authors.forename: Gina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Portella
authors.forename: Gino
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Strada
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D001023:Aortic Valve Prolapse / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005402:Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D056346:Sternotomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Aorta; aortic valve insufficiency; congenital; heart defects; heart ventricles; vascular fistula