Quigley R L, Peter R H, Lowe J E
Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
Clin Cardiol. 1992 Oct;15(10):777-80. doi: 10.1002/clc.4960151018.
This report describes a patient who presented with congestive heart failure secondary to a mitral annular-left atrial fistula. There was a remote history of Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis involving the mitral valve which was treated medically 30 years previously. The sterile fistula was managed surgically with an annuloplasty.
