TY  - JOUR
T1  - SUrgical obliteration of a coronary artery fistula to right ventricle
AU  - SWAN H, WILSON JN, WOODWARK G, BLOUNT S, Jr.
Y1  - 1959/11/01
N1  - 10.1001/archsurg.1959.04320110122020
JO  - A.M.A. Archives of Surgery
SP  - 820
EP  - 824
VL  - 79
IS  - 5
N2  - Aneurysms of the coronary arteries are not common. Since the first report of surgical correction of an anomalous coronary artery-intracardiac shunt by Björk and Crafoord1 in 1947, however, the volume of literature dealing with this subject is growing, a manifestation of the increasing interest in the nature of the functional defect produced by these lesions. In a recent editorial, Edwards2 reviewed the anomalies of the coronary arterial system and a plea was made that such anomalies be classified by functional rather than by older anatomical criteria. It was urged that those anomalies with communications between a coronary artery and a low-pressure cardiac chamber or vessel (an intracardiac arteriovenous shunt) comprise the important group of defects to recognize. These lesions carry a serious threat to the patient's health, yet the majority could be corrected by surgical interruption of the shunt. Steinberg et al.3 present a comprehensive review of
SN  - 0096-6908
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.1959.04320110122020
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1959.04320110122020
ER  -