Coronary Collateral Flow after Traumatic Fistula between Right Coronary Artery and Right Atrium
- 12 October 1972
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 287 (15), 754-756
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm197210122871507
Abstract
OUR experience with early diagnosis and repair of a traumatic fistula between right coronary artery and right atrium in an adolescent provided an opportunity to examine the appearance and disappearance of coronary collateral circulation.Case ReportA 14-year-old boy was admitted to the hospital on May 18, 1971, in shock after sustaining a bullet wound in the chest. Immediate thoracotomy revealed that the bullet had perforated the right ventricle and right atrium, and lodged in the lower lobe of the right lung. Pericardial tamponade was apparent. The perforations were sutured, the pericardium was removed, and the chest closed. Several days . . .Keywords
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