Surgical treatment of bilateral coronary-to-pulmonary artery fistulas.
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Bilateral coronary artery fistulas with the coronary artery stenosis are rare. In this case, we successfully performed closure of coronary artery fistulas with coronary artery bypass grafting. Furthermore, we were able to measure the flow in the coronary artery fistulas using transit-time flow measurement.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
دوره 14 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012