• Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn · Apr 1994

    Case Reports

    Cardiac stab wound resulting in a left anterior descending artery to left ventricular fistula with delayed pericardial tamponade.

    • A Rossum, L Osborn, J Wernly, C Timm, and J Abrams.
    • Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque.
    • Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1994 Apr 1; 31 (4): 283-5.

    AbstractWe describe the third known case of a traumatic left anterior descending artery to left ventricular fistula. Emergency operative repair was required on day 7 for delayed pericardial tamponade. The significant incidence of late serious sequelae with traumatic coronary artery fistulas suggests that early surgery is warranted.

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