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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Rep 2020; 09(01): e55-e57
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1718552
Case Report: Cardiac

Aorto-Right Atrial Fistula after Minimally Invasive Tricuspid Valve Repair: A Report of Two Cases

Kouhei Ishidou
1   Department of Cardiac Surgery, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan
,
Aina Hirofuji
1   Department of Cardiac Surgery, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan
,
Naohiro Wakabayashi
1   Department of Cardiac Surgery, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan
,
Hiroyuki Kamiya
1   Department of Cardiac Surgery, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan
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Abstract

We experienced two cases of postoperative iatrogenic aorto-right atrial fistula (ARAF) after tricuspid valve repair (TVR) using minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) technique. In both the cases, the flow of ARAF passed through the sinus of Valsalva near the noncoronary cusp (NCC)/right coronary cusp (RCC) commissure or NCC to right atrium. The quality of the fine needle used in the MICS technique may be inferior to that used in conventional surgery; ARAF after TVR could be a unique pitfall with the MICS technique.

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minimally invasive cardiac surgery - aorto-right atrial fistula - tricuspid valve repair


Publication History

Received: 07 July 2020

Accepted: 07 September 2020

Article published online:
13 December 2020

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