Unusual left ventricle to left atrial fistula.
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Authors
- Dubey, Sumir; Gupta, Akshay; Maheshwari, Arun; Raut, Monish S
- Source
- Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia. Jan-Mar2020, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p90-91. 2p.
- Subject
- *FISTULA
*OPERATIVE surgery
*MITRAL valve insufficiency
- Language
- ISSN
- 0971-9784
Left ventricular to left atrial fi stula is a very uncommon finding. Most of the cases are secondary to surgical procedures or paravalvular infectious process. The present case depicted an unusual regurgitation (apart from transmitral MR) through LV-LA fistula causing deterioration of the patient's symptoms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]