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Left ventriculo-pulmonary artery fistula

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The morbidity and mortality of complicated endocarditis remains a serious problem. Left ventriculo-pulmonary artery fistula after culture-negative native aortic valve endocarditis is quite rare. A very rare case of left ventriculo-pulmonary artery fistula arising as a result of culture-negative native aortic valve endocarditis in a 70-year-old patient with no underlying medical history other than acute cholangitis has been reviewed in the light of literature.

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  1. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medicana International Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey

    Baran Simsek

  2. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Trakya University Medical Faculty, Edirne, Turkey

    Serhat Huseyın, Orkut Guclu & Volkan Yuksel

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Simsek, B., Huseyın, S., Guclu, O. et al. Left ventriculo-pulmonary artery fistula. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 38, 67–70 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-021-01234-w

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