title: A case of coronary artery fistula visualized by 64-slice multidetector CT.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A 27-year-old woman was admitted to hospital with a 1-year history of mild dyspnea.
  
  
  METHODS
  Physical examination, chest radiography, electrocardiography, transthoracic echocardiography, 64-slice multidetector CT and coronary angiography.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fistula originating from the left anterior coronary artery and draining into the right ventricle, in conjunction with an aneurysm of the left anterior descending artery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Surgical closure of the fistula using normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass.
authors.affiliation: University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Versaci
authors.forename: Costantino
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Del Giudice
authors.forename: Massimiliano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sperandio
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Simonetti
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chiariello
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery