title: Coronary artery fistula with left or right ventricular communication and sinus-node dysfunction.
abstract: Coronary artery fistulae that communicate with the left ventricle are quite rare; those accompanied by sinus-node dysfunction are even more unusual. We report 2 cases of congenital coronary-artery-to-left-ventricle fistula with sinus-node dysfunction. In each of these patients, fistulae arose from both left and right coronary arteries. One patient had, in addition, a right coronary artery fistula that communicated with his right ventricle. Sinusnode dysfunction encountered in these 2 patients was likely caused by chronic general ischemia arising from a steal syndrome associated with the fistulae.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Cardiology, Showa Inan General Hospital, Komagane-shi, Japan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Endoh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akahane
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koike
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Furuta
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Homma