Usefulness of live/real time three/four-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in the percutaneous closure of an iatrogenic aorto-right ventricular fistula.
Tuğba Kemaloğlu OzCorrado FioreTayfun GürolTufan ŞenerÖzer SoyluBahadır DağdevirenAmier AhmadNavin C NandaPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2018)
The development of an aorto-right ventricular fistula is a rare complication of cardiac surgery. The most common treatment is surgical closure of the fistula, but percutaneous closure of the fistula has become an attractive alternative option. We present a case of successful utilization of live/real time three/four-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiography (3/4DTEE) to select the correct device size for percutaneous closure of an adult patient presenting with an aorto-right ventricular (AO-RV) fistula following aortic valve replacement. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case in which 3/4DTEE was used to select the device size and guide percutaneous closure of an iatrogenic AO-RV fistula.
Keyphrases
- aortic valve replacement
- minimally invasive
- ultrasound guided
- cardiac surgery
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- radiofrequency ablation
- left ventricular
- computed tomography
- healthcare
- pulmonary hypertension
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- case report
- aortic valve
- acute kidney injury
- heart failure
- left atrial appendage
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- replacement therapy