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Rupture of aneurysmal coronary-to-pulmonary artery fistula in a 96-year-old female; report of a case.

Haruka MurakamiSentaro NakanishiAina HirofujiHiroyuki Kamiya
Published in: General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (2020)
Coronary artery fistula (CAF) is a relatively rare congenital abnormality of the coronary arteries; typically, patients who undergo surgery for CAFs are relatively young because it is a congenital disease. Here we present a case of an aneurysmal coronary-to-pulmonary artery fistula rupture in a 96-year-old female. Considering her extreme high age and missing preoperative diagnostics, only local hemostasis without anatomical repair was performed but the patient is still doing well 1 year after the operation.
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