Management of traumatic arteriovenous fistulas: A tertiary academic center experience.

Background: To present the surgical experience at a tertiary academic center of treating patients with traumatic arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) who in whom endovascular treatment was contraindicated or in whom unsuccessful endovascular treatment had been performed.

Methods: A total of 27 patients with traumatic AVFs who underwent surgery between September 2014 and May 2016 were included. The site of injury, timing of surgery, and the surgical methods utilized were analyzed retrospectively.

Pulmonary stenosis as a predisposing factor for infective endocarditis in a patient with Noonan syndrome.

Noonan syndrome is an autosomal dominant dysmorphic syndrome. Pulmonary stenosis is the most common cardiac anomaly in Noonan patients, with an incidence of 60%. A 9-year-old girl was referred to our institution with pericardial effusion.