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We appreciate the interest of Wu et  al in our work and welcome their insightful comment.1 In their letter, they describe an interesting case of heart failure resulting from aorta-pulmonary artery fistula in an elderly patient who initially presented with chest discomfort.2 Although the authors do not elaborate on the potential cause , aorta-pulmonary artery fistula can occur secondary to local rupture in the aorta with severe degenerative disease in the setting of an aneurysm, trauma, or infection.
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Letter Source Type: research