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Acquired coronary artery fistula leading to acute myocardial infarction after endomyocardial biopsy
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A55 year old man with type A aortic dissection underwent an emergency Bentall operation in 1995. Intraoperatively, he developed myocardial infarction. This resulted in progressive heart failure, eventually requiring heart transplantation in January 2002. The transplantation was successful and uncomplicated.
He was admitted for routine endomyocardial biopsy on 11 March 2002. A total …