Citation

Hüseyin S, Yüksel V, Güçlü O, Yılmaztepe M, Canbaz S. Balkan Med. J. 2015; 32(3): 309-311.

Affiliation

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Trakya University Faculty of Medicine, Edirne, Turkey.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, AVES Publishing)

DOI

10.5152/balkanmedj.2015.15291

PMID

26185721

PMCID

PMC4497699

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Although traumatic fistula is frequently encountered, high-output heart failure due to fistula is a very rare condition. Despite an indefinitive history of trauma, arteriovenous (AV) fistula may develop insidiously, and therefore identification of a shunt is highly important for treatment. CASE REPORT: Here we report a 46-year-old male patient with heart failure due to traumatic femoral arteriovenous fistula developed following a penetrating stab injury 17 years ago.

CONCLUSION: Traumatic AV fistula is a curable cause of heart failure. Also, careful examination of the patient is as significant as radiological imaging methods.

Language: en