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Case Reports
. 1987 Apr;57(4):387-90.
doi: 10.1136/hrt.57.4.387.

Congenital fistula between the aorta and left atrium

P Nihoyannopoulos, R Sapsford, C M Oakley
Case Reports

Congenital fistula between the aorta and left atrium

P Nihoyannopoulos et al. Br Heart J. 1987 Apr.

Abstract

A child in whom abnormal vessels connected the descending thoracic aorta and the left atrium is described. This is a previously unreported congenital malformation. Clinically this condition differs from the more common aorto-cardiac fistulas in that the continuous murmur was better heard posteriorly as well as in the right parasternal area. Ligation of the aberrant vessels abolished the murmur.

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