Congestive Heart Failure Caused by Aortocaval Fistula after Nephrectomy
We treated a 66-year-old man and a 69-year-old woman with high output cardiac failure due to aortocaval fistula. They underwent nephrectomy 40 and 36 years ago, respectively. They suffered from heart failure for a very long time. However, the etiology was not elucidated until recently. The aortogram...
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Published in | Internal Medicine Vol. 40; no. 11; pp. 1113 - 1116 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Tokyo
The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
2001
Japanese Society of Internal Medicine |
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Summary: | We treated a 66-year-old man and a 69-year-old woman with high output cardiac failure due to aortocaval fistula. They underwent nephrectomy 40 and 36 years ago, respectively. They suffered from heart failure for a very long time. However, the etiology was not elucidated until recently. The aortogram revealed massive shunt from the aorta to the inferior vena cava via the right renal artery. Three-dimensional computerized tomography clearly delineated the aortocaval fistula. Surgical closure of the fistula promptly improved heart failure. We stress the importance of history taking concerning nephrectomy and the importance of abdominal auscultation in high output cardiac failure. (Internal Medicine 40:1113-1116, 2001) |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Case Study-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-4 content type line 23 ObjectType-Report-1 ObjectType-Article-3 |
ISSN: | 0918-2918 1349-7235 |
DOI: | 10.2169/internalmedicine.40.1113 |