title: Pulsed Doppler and two-dimensional echocardiographic findings in coronary arteriovenous fistula complicated by bacterial endocarditis. A case report.
abstract: Coronary arteriovenous fistula (CAVF) may occasionally be complicated by bacterial endocarditis. The actual anatomical site of infection has not been clearly defined. A 13-year-old boy with a CAVF and Streptococcus viridans bacteraemia is described. The origin of the fistulous tract and a vegetation in close proximity to the distal drainage site into the right ventricle was demonstrated by Doppler two-dimensional echocardiography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Mohamed
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Marcus
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Berk
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sareli
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male