title: Surgical correction of congenital left coronary-pulmonary artery fistula and rheumatic mitral valve disease. Case report.
abstract: A 56-year-old woman with stenosis and incompetence of the mitral valve and clinical signs of congestive heart failure was found to have a communication between the left anterior descending coronary artery and the pulmonary trunk. A mitral valve prosthesis was inserted and the fistula was closed from within the pulmonary artery.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Gemelli Hospital, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lanzillo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alessandrini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bartoccioni
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bombardieri
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Intonti
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pragliola
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morelli
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Baruffi
mesh_terms: D001159:Arterio-Arterial Fistula / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000601:surgery*