1. Cardiocutaneous fistula 15 years postcardiac surgery: A real challenge
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Georgios Dimitrakakis, Indu Deglurkar, and Malgorzata Kornaszewska
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Fistula ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Mitral valve replacement ,Postoperative complication ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,medicine.disease ,Cardiac surgery ,Left ventricular apex ,Surgery ,03 medical and health sciences ,Left breast ,0302 clinical medicine ,030228 respiratory system ,cardiovascular system ,Medicine ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business - Abstract
Late Cardiocutaneous Fistula (CF) is an uncommon but potentially serious postoperative complication of cardiac surgery. We present the successful treatment of a 58-year-old female who developed a CF extending from the left ventricular apex into the left breast related to mitral valve replacement 15 years ago.
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- 2020
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