title: Thrombosed coronary artery fistula as a cause of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and ventricular arrhythmia.
abstract: This case report presents a 68-year-old woman with a symptomatic coronary artery fistula. Usually these rare congenital malformations are symptom-free but in this patient the fistula began to cause various arrhythmias after it thrombosed. Her symptoms resolved completely after connective surgery.
authors.affiliation: Heart Center, Deaconess Medical Center, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: O J
authors.initials: OJ
authors.lastname: Rämö
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Tötterman
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Harjula
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005117:Cardiac Complexes, Premature / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans