Mello Dennis M, Fahey John, Kopf Gary S
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2005 Oct;80(4):1495-8. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.03.098.
We describe the surgical treatment of an aortic-left atrial fistula that appeared 6 months after the placement of an Amplatzer septal occluder for closure of a large secundum atrial septal defect. Successful repair of the fistula was accomplished by a combined transatrial-transaortic approach similar to that used to repair the rupture of a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm.