Long-Term Traumatic and Asymptomatic Aorto-Right Atrial Fistula

Abstract Aorto-atrial fistulas due to cardiac trauma are rare, and survivors require immediate surgical correction. Here, we report a case of an aorto-right atrial fistula due to penetrating trauma after a 16-year evolution, which developed symptoms of acute coronary syndrome and was treated with my...

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Main Authors: Sandro Gonçalves de Lima, Andréa Bezerra de Melo da Silveira Lordsleem, Kaique Leal Campos, Juliana Guedes Silva, Marcelo Antônio Oliveira Santos, Brivaldo Markman Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382019000100101&lng=en&tlng=en