title: Multiple coronary arteriovenous fistulas associated with polymyositis.
abstract: We report a case of a 60-year-old female presenting a histologically proven polymyositis with multiple coronary arteriocameral fistulas draining into the left ventricle. The exact pathogenesis of coronary artery fistulas and their relation to polymyositis are not clear.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koumi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Katsuta
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hayakawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okumura
mesh_terms: D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009220:Myositis / Q000150:complications*