Surgical repair of left ventricle to coronary sinus fistula complicating mitral valve replacement

J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2007 Oct;8(10):864-5. doi: 10.2459/01.JCM.0000290770.14871.da.

Abstract

We report the case of a 55-year-old female patient who underwent reoperation because of left ventricular to coronary sinus fistula following previous mitral valve replacement. The fistula was closed surgically with a patch of heterologous bovine pericardium. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient is recovering well 12 months after the operation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Coronary Sinus*
  • Female
  • Fistula / surgery*
  • Heart Diseases / surgery
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis*
  • Heart Ventricles
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitral Valve*
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Reoperation
  • Vascular Fistula / surgery*