Thoracic aortocaval fistula due to gunshot wound

Semiz E., Sancaktar O., Yalcinkaya S., Demircan A., Deger N.

THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON, vol.44, no.5, pp.261-263, 1996 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 44 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 1996
  • Doi Number: 10.1055/s-2007-1012032
  • Journal Name: THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.261-263
  • Keywords: arteriovenous fistula, wounds and injuries, brachiocephalic trunk, vena cava superior
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: No

Abstract

This article presents a patient with an arteriovenous fistula between the brachiocephalic trunk and superior vena cava, a site not otherwise reported in the literature so far. The fistula was presumeably the result of an accidental gunshot wound 8 years previously. Following the diagnosis, the fistula was repaired without any complication and the patient's symptoms disappeared.