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| Year : 2020 | Volume
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Post-traumatic aortopulmonary fistula after bentall procedure
Daniela Izzo1, Ketty Savino1, Claudia Castellani2, Laura Sperandini2, Temistocle Ragni3, Giuseppe Ambrosio1, Claudio Cavallini2
1 Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Physiopathology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
2 Department of Cardiology, Perugia Hospital, Perugia, Italy
3 Department of Cardiac Surgery, Perugia Hospital, Perugia, Italy
Correspondence Address:
Daniela Izzo
University of Perugia, P.le Menghini 1, Perugia 06129
Italy
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DOI: 10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_5_20
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Pseudoaneurysm complicated by aortopulmonary fistula (APF) after a Bentall procedure is extremely rare but potentially fatal, so timely diagnosis and treatment are critical. We present a subacute case of a post-traumatic APF which has had initial aspecific symptoms and later an acute worsening heart failure with chest pain not responding to medical treatment and requiring emergency surgery.
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