Publications by authors named "F Q Shannon"
Repairing Bilateral Coronary-Pulmonary Artery Fistulas During Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.
Ann Thorac Surg Short Rep
September 2024
Coronary-pulmonary artery fistulas (CPAFs) are rare entities that can cause significant left-to-right shunting and complicate routine coronary artery bypass grafting. There are no best practice guidelines and a scarcity of reports regarding concomitant treatment of CPAF with coronary artery disease. We present a case of bilateral CPAFs in a 60-year-old man with symptomatic coronary artery disease treated successfully with coronary artery bypass, epicardial ligation, and transpulmonary closure of CPAF with patch reconstruction.
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