Epicardial 15-MHz Echocardiography for Effective Repair of Coronary Arteriovenous Fistula.

Epicardial 15-MHz Echocardiography for Effective Repair of Coronary Arteriovenous Fistula.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Jan;105(1):e41-e43
Authors: Komeda M, Uchiyama H, Nakamura S, Kusunose T, Fujiwara S, Ujiie T
Abstract
In the era of catheter intervention, the surgical repair of coronary arteriovenous fistula needs to be free from residual shunt. Intraoperative epicardial 15-MHz echocardiography helps to find the residual shunt after ligation or obliteration of anomalous vessels. Here we report our method of the echo-assisted surgical repair of coronary arteriovenous fistula in 7 adult patients. The method made the operation for coronary arteriovenous fistula free from residual shunt, but care should be taken to the development of new vessels after the operation.
PMID: 29233364 [PubMed - in process]

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 15, 2017 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Komeda M, Uchiyama H, Nakamura S, Kusunose T, Fujiwara S, Ujiie T Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research