Brachiocephalic artery to left innominate vein fistula following median sternotomy.
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Nineteen-year-old girl operated for ostium secundum ASD sustained injury to the left innominate vein during sternotomy, and was repaired immediately. Pulse Doppler (Fig. 1) revealed continuous flow across the fistula and DSA (Fig. 2) showed flow to the left innominate vein into the superior vena cava. Fistula successfully repaired on 10th postoperative day. European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery 28 (2005) 328–329 www.elsevier.com/locate/ejcts
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery
دوره 28 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005