Traumatic Coronary Arteriovenous Fistula Communicating the Left Main Coronary Artery to Pulmonary Artery,Associated with Pulmonary Valvular Insufficiency and Endocarditis: Case Report

Abstract

The authors present a case of a seventeen-year-old white male who suffered from a knife chest wound and secondarily developed a traumatic coronary arteriovenous fistula communicating the left main coronary artery to the pulmonary artery, associated with pulmonary valvular insufficiency and endocarditis.

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