The saccular coronary aneurysm associated with coronary artery to pulmonary artery fistulae
Sekine, Y.; Kitano, M.; Akimoto, T.; Matsuda, K.
Kyobu Geka. Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery 60(13): 1137-1141
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-5252 PMID: 18078077 Document Number: 613600
Coronary artery fistulae are relatively rare congenital anomalies. Those associated with saccular coronary artery aneurysms are even rarer. Including the current case, only 65 such cases have been reported in Japan. A 62-year-old female was admitted to our hospital for evaluation of abnormal shadow on the chest X-ray. The enhanced chest computed tomography (CT) scan demonstrated a giant saccular coronary aneurysm on the left side of the pulmonary artery. Multi-detector row CT (MDCT) scan demonstrated the coronary artery aneurysm was connected to the left anterior descending artery. Coronary angiography revealed 2 aneurysms with bilateral coronary artery to pulmonary artery fistulae. The patient underwent aneurysmectomy and ligation of fistulae under cardiopulomonary bypass. The postoperative course was uneventful and postoperative coronary angiography revealed complete resection of the aneurysms and only slight blood flow through the fistulae. She was discharged on the 10th postoperative day.