Coronary artery-cardiac fistulas. Review of the literature. Two accidentally discovered cases
Jazra, C.; Jahjah, F.; Tarcha, W.; Ghanem, G.; Chammas, E.
Le Journal Medical Libanais. Lebanese Medical Journal 43(3): 162-165
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0023-9852 PMID: 8965313 Document Number: 441577
We report two cases of coronary artery fistula discovered accidentally during coronary-angiography. One case between the left anterior descending and the pulmonary artery and another case between the circumflex and the left ventricule. Both cases were associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. There was a spontaneous closure of the fistula in the first case. A brief review of the literature is presented because this anomaly is being discovered frequently because of the possibility of diagnosis with transesophageal echocardiography.