Author/Editor     Bricelj, Vladimir; Robida, Andrej; Mazhar, Rashid
Title     Iatrogenic main pulmonary artery - left atrial fistula in a child
Type     članek
Source     Ann Thorac Surg
Vol. and No.     Letnik 69, št. 5
Publication year     2000
Volume     str. 1588-9
Language     eng
Abstract     A 14-month-old boy who underwent operation for ventricular septal defect patch closure and debanding of the pulmonary artery presented with arterial desaturation in the early postoperative period. Angiography confirmed the echocardiographic findings of hemodynamically significant main pulmonary artery-left atrial fistula. This communication was successfully closed surgically.
Descriptors     IATROGENIC DISEASE
PULMONARY ARTERY
FISTULA
HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR
INFANT
HEART ATRIUM
POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS