Late pericardial tamponade and coronary arteriovenous fistula after trauma.
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A 48 year old man presented with cardiac tamponade six weeks after an apparently minor penetrating chest injury. Thoracotomy showed a haemopericardium with no actively bleeding vessel. Re-investigation eleven months later, prompted by persistent chest pain, showed the presence of a fistula between the second diagonal of the left anterior descending coronary artery and a cardiac vein.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- British heart journal
دوره 55 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1986