European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Vol 5, 503-504, Copyright © 1991 by European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery
Ventriculo-pulmonary fistula. Case report, literature review and possible surgical approach to the infected LV suture line
PK Sarkar and AM Fagan
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.
We describe a patient who developed a ventriculo-pulmonary fistula 2 years
after resection of a left ventricular aneurysm, and mention the management
of two further patients, one with a sinus, the other with a
pseudo-aneurysm, both after left ventricular aneurysmectomy, to illustrate
a possible surgical approach to a patient with a ventriculo- pulmonary
fistula.