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. 1990;17(1):51–55.

Coronary Artery Fistula with Left or Right Ventricular Communication and Sinus-Node Dysfunction

Ryohei Endoh 1,2,3, Takahisa Maruyama 1,2,3, Kunio Akahane 1,2,3, Seiichi Koike 1,2,3, Yasuyuki Sasaki 1,2,3, Seiichi Furuta 1,2,3, Tatsuji Homma 1,2,3
PMCID: PMC324901  PMID: 15227190

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. (Texas Heart Institute Journal 1990;17:51-5)

Keywords: Cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic

Keywords: fistula

Keywords: heart auscultation

Keywords: heart defects, congenital

Keywords: sinoatrial node

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