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| Year : 2017 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 133-136 |
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Aorto-right ventricular fistula following percutaneous transcatheter aortic valve replacement: Case report and literature review
Monoj K Konda1, Jagadeesh K Kalavakunta2, Jerry W Pratt3, David Martin3, Vishal Gupta2
1 Department of Internal Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
2 Department of Internal Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine; Department of Cardiology/Cardiothoracic Surgery, Borgess Medical Center, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
3 Department of Cardiology/Cardiothoracic Surgery, Borgess Medical Center, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Monoj K Konda
5813, Apt 3B, Sandalwood Dr., Gull Run, Kalamazoo, MI - 49048
USA
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DOI: 10.4103/HEARTVIEWS.HEARTVIEWS_115_16
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An 88-year-old woman with a prior history of aortic stenosis and history of valvuloplasty presented with worsening symptoms of heart failure and dizziness. She underwent successful transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) without complications. Follow-up echocardiograms revealed a small fistula connecting aorta to the right ventricle. The patient was initially asymptomatic but 3 months later developed overload of the right ventricle and heart failure and chose to continue medical therapy. She died of progressive heart failure at 9 months from onset of fistula. Aorto-right ventricular fistula is a rare complication of TAVR with only four cases reported in literature thus far.
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