Aorto-Atrial Fistula 10 Days After Dissection Repair in Giant Cell Arteritis Fadia Haddad, MD, Issam El-Rassi, MD, Fadi G. Haddad, MD, Rita Nemnoum, MD, Victor A. Jebara, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 86, Issue 5, Pages 1672-1674 (November 2008) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.04.095 Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 (A) The ascending aortic dissection extending down the noncoronary sinus. (B) Reinforcement of the dissected noncoronary sinus by a Teflon patch (Bard Inc, Nogales, AZ) between the two layers. (C) The aorto-atrial fistula (black arrow) below the Teflon patch. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 86, 1672-1674DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.04.095) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Pathology of the aortic wall showing granulomatous infiltration with giant cells (white arrows). (Hematoxylin & eosin stain, ×200.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 86, 1672-1674DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.04.095) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 (A) Right ventricle. (B) Right atrium and a high-velocity flow through the aorto-right atrial fistula. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 86, 1672-1674DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.04.095) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions