title: Giant coronary arteriovenous fistula. A case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Coronary artery fistulas are rare congenital anomalies. Although they constitute the most common form of hemodynamically significant coronary malformation, the incidence is around 0.002% in the general population. We report the successful surgical closure of a very large coronary artery fistula, originating from the left coronary artery and draining into the right atrium with left-to-right shunt of more than 50% and a review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Thorax- und Kardiovaskularchirurgie, Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Universitätsklinik der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Georgstr. 11, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. Ariane.Maleszka@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maleszka
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kleikamp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Minami
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Peterschröder
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Körfer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D014680:Veins / Q000637:transplantation
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen