title: Association of a Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome and a fistula from the coronary to the pulmonary artery.
abstract: We report the case history of a 52-year-old man with the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome and a fistula from the left anterior descending artery to the pulmonary artery. He had a left lateral bypass tract. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of this association. Arterial malformations, along with vascular malformations of the coronary sinus, can be present in patients with a WPW syndrome. Coronary angiography with attention to the possible presence of arterial and venous malformations is indicated when atypical symptoms or signs are present in the WPW syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Fonteyne
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Van Nooten
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jordaens
mesh_terms: D001159:Arterio-Arterial Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014927:Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis