title: [Congestive heart failure and continuous murmur in patient after lumbar disc surgery--a case report].
abstract: We present a case of a 61-year-old female who was admitted to the hospital with symptoms of congestive heart failure. Diagnosis of arteriovenous fistula was suggested by the echocardiographic signs of high-output state and a continuous murmur heard especially close to the surgical scar from an intervention on the L4-L5 disc that the patient had undergone eight months before. Aortography confirmed arteriovenous fistula between the right common iliac artery and inferior vena cava. After surgical closure of the fistula, normal cardiac function was restored.
authors.affiliation: Oddział Kardiologiczny, Wojewódzki Szpital Specjalistyczny, Ośrodek Badawczo-Rozwojowy, ul. Kamieńskiego 73a, 51-124 Wrocław. mmazij@interia.pl
authors.forename: Mariusz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mazij
authors.forename: Bartosz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Szafran
authors.forename: Lucyna
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lenartowska
authors.forename: Stanisław
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Drelichowski
authors.forename: Paweł
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Włodarczak
authors.forename: Bozena
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sobkowicz
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lewczuk
mesh_terms: D001027:Aortography; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D017586:Diskectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D006337:Heart Murmurs / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000601:surgery; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior