Aorto-right atrial communication after tricuspid annuloplasty

Kazım Başer,

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2016.12346

Kazım Başer¹, Adnan Yalçınkaya², Hatice Duygu Bas³, Saranapoom Klomjit³, Kerim Çağlı², Kenneth Nugent³

¹Departments of Cardiology, Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
²Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery, Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
³Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Lubbock, Lubbock, USA

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2016.12346

A 45-year-old male patient was admitted to our department for the management of a symptomatic atrial septal defect. A septal defect repair together with tricuspid annuloplasty was performed. After surgery, a continuous murmur was heard on auscultation. Transthoracic echocardiography showed an aorto-right atrial fistula below the annuloplasty suture. This is the first reported case of a fistula between the aorta and right atrium after tricuspid annuloplasty.

Keywords : Atrial fistula; atrial septal defect repair; tricuspid annuloplasty

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