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Surgical treatment of aortic regurgitation due to Behçet’s disease is difficult A 57-year-old male with Behçet’s disease underwent aortic valve replacement with a mechanical valve for aortic regurgitation in 1995. Due to prosthetic valve detachment, 5 months thereafter he underwent a Bentall type operation with a composite graft Due to complication of the left ventricle to pulmonary arterial fistula, 6 months later a third operation was performed for closure of the fistula. He is doing well at present 5 years after the third operation. Left ventricle to pulmonary arterial fistula is an exceedingly rare complication and has not been reported in the literature.
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Nakanishi, K., Shichijo, T., Yunoki, K. et al. Left ventricle to pulmonary arterial fistula due to behçet’s disease. Jpn J Thorac Caridovasc Surg 52, 135–138 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-004-0129-5
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