title: Congenital subclavian artery to subclavian vein fistula presenting with congestive heart failure in an infant.
abstract: Contrary to acquired arteriovenous fistulas, the congenital malformations are very rare. Here we report a case of congenital arteriovenous fistula forming a communication between the right subclavian artery to subclavian vein. To our knowledge, there is no similar case in which an infant has been successfully operated on for cardiac failure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, 06100 Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dogan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozkutlu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Elsharshari
mesh_terms: D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013350:Subclavian Vein / Q000002:abnormalities*