Vegetation in the coronary sinus that concealed the presence of a coronary arteriovenous fistula in a patient with infectious endocarditis

Int J Cardiol. 2016 Mar 15:207:266-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.01.057. Epub 2016 Jan 11.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima, Japan. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima, Japan.
³ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima, Japan.
⁴ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Japan.

PMID: 26808990
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.01.057

No abstract available

Keywords: Coronary sinus; Fistula; Infectious endocarditis; Vegetation.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Arteriovenous Fistula / complications
Arteriovenous Fistula / diagnosis*
Arteriovenous Fistula / surgery
Coronary Sinus / diagnostic imaging*
Coronary Sinus / surgery
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Endocarditis / complications
Endocarditis / diagnosis*
Endocarditis / surgery
Female
Humans
Middle Aged