[High output heart failure due to coronary fistula].
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.
Petrucci Júnior
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas-UNICAMP, SP.
de Oliveira
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Leme Júnior
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Cde A
Coelho
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Barca Schellini
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Nogueira
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Vieira
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Braile
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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
Insuficiência cardíaca de alto débito devida a fístula coronária.