Tirilomis T, Busch T, Aleksic I, Ruschewski W, Criée C P, Dalichau H
Department of Thoracic, Cardiac, and Vascular Surgery, Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany.
Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2000 Feb;48(1):37-9. doi: 10.1055/s-2000-8895.
Arteriovenous fistulas with venous drainage into the left atrium are a rare anomaly. Although the etiology of pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas is unknown, these abnormalities are considered to have occurred during early fetal development. A case of this malformation in a 72-year-old woman successfully treated by surgery is described.