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  • Aorto-right ventricular outflow tract fistulas usually happen due to trauma, infections, or aneurysm ruptures.
  • This case is unique because the fistula formed spontaneously without these common causes.
  • It was linked to a supracristal ventricular septal defect and resulted in dilated cardiomyopathy.

Article Abstract

Aorto-right ventricular outflow tract fistulas typically occur secondary to trauma, infective endocarditis, and sinus of Valsalva aneurysm rupture. We describe an unusual case of a spontaneous aorto-right ventricular outflow tract fistula in the absence of such findings, instead forming secondary to a complicating supracristal ventricular septal defect and leading to dilated cardiomyopathy.

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