Multiple coronary arteriovenous fistulas associated with polymyositis

T Endo; S Koumi; Y Katsuta; H Hayakawa; H Okumura

doi:10.1159/000174581

Multiple coronary arteriovenous fistulas associated with polymyositis

Cardiology. 1990;77(1):58-61. doi: 10.1159/000174581.

Authors

T Endo¹, S Koumi, Y Katsuta, H Hayakawa, H Okumura

Affiliation

¹ First Department of Internal Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 2354478
DOI: 10.1159/000174581

Abstract

We report a case of a 60-year-old female presenting a histologically proven polymyositis with multiple coronary arteriocameral fistulas draining into the left ventricle. The exact pathogenesis of coronary artery fistulas and their relation to polymyositis are not clear.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Arteriovenous Fistula / complications*
Arteriovenous Fistula / diagnosis
Arteriovenous Fistula / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Disease / complications*
Coronary Disease / diagnostic imaging
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Myositis / complications*