Abstract:In this edition of the Journal, Albacker and colleagues 1 describe a case of left main and left anterior descending coronary artery ectasia fistulizing to the right ventricle in a 28-year-old female patient. The patient was initially diagnosed with an apical ventricular septal defect on transthoracic echocardiography, but intraoperatively the anomalies were identified and the fistula was closed with a bovine pericardial patch from the right ventricular side. Postoperatively, the patient was anticoagulated and … Show more
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