Chest ACCP Member Benefits
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

Guest Access | Sign In via User Name/Password
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF) Free
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Article Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Brundage, B. H.
Right arrow Articles by Gmelich, J. T.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Brundage, B. H.
Right arrow Articles by Gmelich, J. T.
(Chest. 1972;62:19-23.)
© 1972 American College of Chest Physicians

Systemic Artery to Pulmonary Vessel Fistulas

Report of Two Cases and a Review of the Literature

Bruce H. Brundage MC, USA1; Alphonse C. Gomez MC, USA1; Melvin D. Cheitlin MC, USA1; and John T. Gmelich MC, USA1

1 Cardiology, Thoracic Surgery and Pathology Services, Letterman General Hospital, Presidio of San Francisco, California

Systemic artery-to-pulmonary vessel fistulas are rare; only 28 cases have been previously reported. We describe two additional cases. Since the patients are usually asymptomatic, these anomalies are frequently discovered because of a continuous murmur or an abnormal chest x-ray film which often results in the misdiagnosis of patent ductus arteriosus or conventional pulmonary arteriovenous fistula. The correct diagnosis is established by selective arterial angiography. Most of these anomalies are apparently congenital in origin, but a few are acquired. The mechanism of their development, congenital or acquired, is unknown. If snrgery is performed, the preferred treatment is interruption of the vascular channels and resection of involved lung.




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Ann. Thorac. Surg.Home page
H. Itano, S. Lee, D. M. Kulick, M. D. Iannettoni, D. M. Williams, and M. B. Orringer
Nontraumatic Chest Wall Systemic-to-Pulmonary Artery Fistula
Ann. Thorac. Surg., May 1, 2005; 79(5): e29 - e31.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Arch. Dis. Child.Home page
K McHugh, V Hegde, P Brock, and M J Elliott
Bronchial artery to bronchial vein fistula secondary to lung nodule resection
Arch. Dis. Child., April 1, 2005; 90(4): 384 - 384.
[Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Ann. Thorac. Surg.Home page
G. Riehl, P. Chaffanjon, G. Frey, C. Sessa, and P.-Y. Brichon
Postoperative systemic artery to pulmonary vessel fistula: analysis of three cases
Ann. Thorac. Surg., December 1, 2003; 76(6): 1873 - 1877.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1972 by the American College of Chest Physicians.