Angiomatous arteriovenous fistula between aorta, great cardiac vein and pulmonary artery. An incidental finding during mitral valvotomy.
The incidental finding of arteriovenous fistula after a thoracotomy performed for mitral commissurotomy is reported. The communication describes the post-operative diagnosis of an anomaly, as far as we know previously unreported, in which a fistula was found between the aorta, great cardiac vein and pulmonary artery in an angiomatous malformation situated over the base of the pulmonary artery. The main coronary arteries were of normal distribution.
D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D011859:Radiography