作者: A. Young , R. Cheng , J. Wei , F. Esmailian , J. Currier
DOI: 10.1007/S00059-014-4053-X
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摘要: Introduction Coronary artery fistulae (CAF) are anomalous connections from a coronary to recipient pulmonary vessel or cardiac chamber, and reported in 0.2 % of the general population. The prevalence CAF modern orthotopic heart transplant (OHT) population has been demonstrated be significantly higher. mechanism is unknown but one proposal endothelial vascular growth factor activation injury. We hypothesize an incremental increase with complexity surgery, such that patients who have undergone OHT surgery would increased CAF, as compared bypass (CABG) valve CABG only.