Post-traumatic Aortopulmonary Fistula after Bentall Procedure

Daniela Izzo; Ketty Savino; Claudia Castellani; Laura Sperandini; Temistocle Ragni; Giuseppe Ambrosio; Claudio Cavallini

doi:10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_5_20

Post-traumatic Aortopulmonary Fistula after Bentall Procedure

J Cardiovasc Echogr. 2020 Jan-Mar;30(1):29-32. doi: 10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_5_20. Epub 2020 Apr 13.

Authors

Daniela Izzo¹, Ketty Savino¹, Claudia Castellani², Laura Sperandini², Temistocle Ragni³, Giuseppe Ambrosio¹, Claudio Cavallini²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Physiopathology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
² Department of Cardiology, Perugia Hospital, Perugia, Italy.
³ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Perugia Hospital, Perugia, Italy.

Abstract

Pseudoaneurysm complicated by aortopulmonary fistula (APF) after a Bentall procedure is extremely rare but potentially fatal, so timely diagnosis and treatment are critical. We present a subacute case of a post-traumatic APF which has had initial aspecific symptoms and later an acute worsening heart failure with chest pain not responding to medical treatment and requiring emergency surgery.

Keywords: Aortopulmonary fistula; Bentall procedure; computed tomography; echocardiography; periprosthetic false aneurysm.

Publication types

Case Reports