Infective endocarditis complicated by aortic dissection and aorto-right ventricular fistula

Infective endocarditis complicated by aortic dissection and aorto-right ventricular fistula.

Acute aortic dissection complicated by aorto-right ventricular fistula.

A 68-year-old man with a history of systemic hypertension and chronic renal failure was admitted to our emergency department with chest pain and dyspnea. He had undergone tube graft replacement of the ascending aorta due to an acute type A aortic dissection 10 years previously. On admission he was hypertensive and tachycardic with a continuous murmur at the left upper sternal border. The electr...

Late aorto-left ventricular fistula following aortic valve replacement for infective endocarditis.

Figure 2: Three-dimensional volume-rendering images from the computed tomography scan clearly demonstrate fistulous communication between the sinus of Valsalva and the abnormal cavity (arrow in A). The cavity was widely opened to the left ventricle (B). During the operation, a periannular slit-like fistula was found a small distance from the sewing ring of the prosthesis and closed with bovine ...

Aorto-right ventricular fistula: a rare complication of Abiotrophia Endocarditis

A 41-year-old African male presented with worsening dyspnea and cachexia concerning for congestive heart failure. Transesophageal echocardiogram revealed a large mass attached to the aortic valve leaflet, mass attached to the flail anterior mitral valve leaflet, severe pulmonary hypertension and dilatation of the aortic root along with fistula between the right coronary aortic cusp and the righ...

Aorto-right artrial fistula: a rare complication of aortic dissection.

We describe the successful surgical repair of an acute aortic dissection that had caused an aorto-right atrial fistula in a 67-year-old man. The patient was admitted to the hospital on an emergency basis because of severe heart failure. The diagnosis of acute aortic dissection with rupture into the right atrium was confirmed by use of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography, although ru...