Author/Authors :
Lafçı, Gökhan Türkiye Yüksek Ihtisas Hospital - Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Turkey , Ulaş, Mustafa Mahmut Türkiye Yüksek Ihtisas Hospital - Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Turkey , Diken, Adem İlkay Türkiye Yüksek Ihtisas Hospital - Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Turkey , Korkmaz, Kemal Türkiye Yüksek Ihtisas Hospital - Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Turkey , Gedik, Hikmet Selçuk Türkiye Yüksek Ihtisas Hospital - Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Turkey , Mavitaş, Binali Türkiye Yüksek Ihtisas Hospital - Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Turkey
Abstract :
Penetrating cardiac injuries are mostly seen on the anterior wall of the heart. Aorto-atrial and aorto-right ventricular fistulas rarely occur after penetrating injuries (1). This pathology was first reported in 1958 by King and Schumaeker (2). Samuels et al. (3) reported a total number of 41 cases in the literature between 1958-1998. We report a case of traumatic aorto-right ventricular fistula after a penetrating cardiac trauma.
