Iatrogenic aorto-coronary venous fistula as a complication of coronary artery bypass surgery: Patient report and review of the literature

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-59

  Calkins Jr , Joe B ^a   Talley, J David ^a,b   Kim, Nam H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

catheterization; coronary sinus; coronary vein; surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY SINUS; CORONARY VEIN; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

AORTA; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030069449     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199601)37:1<55::AID-CCD14>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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