Aberrant Aorto Pulmonary Venous Fistula - an Intra-operative Surprise.

We report a 20 year old ladydiagnosed with myxomatous mitral valve prolapse with severe mitral regurgitation and planned for mitral valve repair. An aberrant aorto pulmonary venous fistula was suspected intraoperatively due to flooding of the left atrium with blood from the left inferior pulmonary vein on cardio pulmonary bypass. The mitral valve was repaired successfully. A post-operative Computed Tomographic angiogram revealed an anomalous fistula between the descending thoracic aorta and left inferior pulmonary vein. She underwent successful percutaneous device closure of the fistula. PMID: 32791062 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research