@article{ref1,
title="A rare etiology of heart failure: traumatic arteriovenous fistula due to stab injury 17 years ago",
journal="Balkan medical journal",
year="2015",
author="Hüseyin, Serhat and Yüksel, Volkan and Güçlü, Orkut and Yılmaztepe, Mustafa and Canbaz, Suat",
volume="32",
number="3",
pages="309-311",
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. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Traumatic AV fistula is a curable cause of heart failure. Also, careful examination of the patient is as significant as radiological imaging methods.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2146-3123",
doi="10.5152/balkanmedj.2015.15291",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5152/balkanmedj.2015.15291"
}