title: [High output heart failure due to coronary fistula].
abstract: A 45 year-old woman complaining of heart failure symptoms (New York Heart Association--class III) and a non typical thoracic pain was submitted to a transthoracic echocardiogram which showed a very dilated coronary artery and a fistula to the right atrium. The angiograms confirmed the same findings. She underwent open heart surgery which confirmed the diagnosis. Fistula ligation was then undertaken. She remains symptom-free three years after the operation.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Campinas-UNICAMP, SP.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Petrucci Júnior
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.forename: C de A
authors.initials: Cde A
authors.lastname: Leme Júnior
authors.forename: O R
authors.initials: OR
authors.lastname: Coelho
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Barca Schellini
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Nogueira
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Braile
mesh_terms: D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery; D016534:Cardiac Output, High / Q000151:congenital / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Insuficiência cardíaca de alto débito devida a fístula coronária.