A concealed atriopleural fistula resulting from a cardiac stab wound.

Traumatic aorto-right ventricular fistula from stab wound

Penetrating cardiac injuries are commonly instantaneously lethal. However, numerous delayed manifestations of cardiac injury, including traumatic ventricular septal defect, ventricular aneurysms, right pulmonary artery to left atrial fistula, valvular regurgitation, and aorto-right ventricular fistula, are all described in the literature. Here, we present a case of aorto-right ventricular fistu...

Undetected Aorto-RV Fistula With Aortic Valve Injury and Delayed Cardiac Tamponade following a Chest Stab Wound: A Case Report

INTRODUCTION Although a few patients will survive after penetrating cardiac injuries, some of them may have unnoticeable intracardiac injuries. The combination of aorto-right ventricular fistula with aortic valve injury is rare. CASE PRESENTATION A 19 year-old man referred with an aorto-right ventricular fistula accompanied with aortic regurgitation and delayed tamponade following a stab in t...

Endovascular treatment of renal arteriovenous fistula following a stab wound.

Received May 2007 Accepted September 2007 INTRODUCTION Renal arteriovenous fistula (AVF) due to a noniatrogenic penetrating trauma is uncommon. In most reported cases, renal AVF has been one of the complications of interventional urologic procedures.(1) Most cases secondary to percutaneous needle biopsy of the kidney are resolved spontaneously in contrast to those caused by traumas.(2) Angiogra...

Self-inflicted stab wound causing aorto-right ventricular fistula.

Remote Stab Wound Resulting in AV Fistula and High-Output Heart Failure

A 54-year-old African American male with no medical history presented to an urgent care clinic with signs and symptoms of new-onset congestive heart failure. There was an initial concern for congestive heart failure secondary to an ischemic etiology as an echocardiogram revealed a depressed ejection fraction. However, a left heart cardiac catheterization did not demonstrate any significant coro...