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  • Title: Aortopulmonary fistula after coarctation repair with Dacron patch aortoplasty.
    Author: Heikkinen LO, Järvinen AA.
    Journal: Ann Thorac Surg; 2002 May; 73(5):1634-6. PubMed ID: 12022568.
    Abstract:
    Fistulous communication between the aorta and the pulmonary parenchyma developed in a 38-year-old woman 19 years after repair of a congenital aortic coarctation with Dacron patch aortoplasty. The fistula, inducing intermittent hemoptysis, arose from the suture line between the prosthetic fabric and the aorta. There was no infectious background or aneurysm at the primary repair site. The aortic segment including the prosthetic patch was resected and replaced with a Dacron tubular vascular prosthesis.
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