An Unusual Case of an Acquired Aortopulmonary Fistula after Surgical Replacement of a Bicuspid Aortic Valve.
Yaser S KhalidNeethi DasuM DaneshvarP JangA PatelK DasuA ShahPublished in: Case reports in cardiology (2021)
Aortopulmonary fistulas are extremely rare and often occur as a result of long-standing aortic aneurysms. They are most frequently due to the erosion of a false aneurysm of the ascending or descending thoracic aorta into the pulmonary artery. Patients generally present with symptoms of acute decompensated heart failure due to a sudden formation of a left-to-right shunt. Here, we present the case of a 63-year-old male who acquired an aortopulmonary fistula four months after undergoing successful bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement.
Keyphrases
- aortic valve
- aortic valve replacement
- pulmonary artery
- aortic stenosis
- coronary artery
- ejection fraction
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- heart failure
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- pulmonary hypertension
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- liver failure
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- aortic dissection
- left ventricular
- prognostic factors
- spinal cord
- atrial fibrillation
- patient reported outcomes
- respiratory failure
- abdominal aortic aneurysm
- patient reported