title: Multiple coronary artery-left ventricular fistulas causing sudden death in a young woman.
abstract: Multiple coronary artery fistulae arising from right and left coronary arteries were found at autopsy in a 22-year-old woman, dying suddenly while playing football. This is the fifth pathologic description of this finding with biventricular involvement. We found microscopic evidence of postischemic scars and foci of myocardial calcifications in the left ventricular wall.
authors.affiliation: Department G.F. Ingrassia, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy. gbartolo@unict.it
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bartoloni
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giorlandino
authors.forename: Antonio Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Calafiore
authors.forename: Rosario
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Caltabiano
authors.forename: Silvio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cosentino
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Algieri
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pucci
mesh_terms: D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000473:pathology*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D003645:Death, Sudden; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000473:pathology*; D055815:Young Adult