We report the case of a presumed coronary-cameral fistula arising directly below the commissures of the noncoronary cusp (NCC) and left coronary cusp (LCC) of the pulmonary autograft, leading to left ventricular outflow tract pseudoaneurysm and late tamponade post Ross procedure.
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