| Coronary artery fistula: An unusual cause of chest pain in a young adult. | |
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PMID: 21538782 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Coronary artery fistula, usually congenital in origin, is an abnormal communication between a coronary artery and a cardiac chamber or great vessel (coronary sinus, pulmonary artery, pulmonary vein or super vena cava). A coronary fistula can produce high output heart failure from volume overload and/or myocardial ischemia from coronary steal phenomenon. A 35 year-old male was found to have a large fistula from the left circumflex coronary artery to the superior vena cava - right atrium junction, an extremely rare anomaly. This patient developed right ventricular dysfunction and chest pain due to myocardial ischemia in the left circumflex coronary artery distribution for several months prior to evaluation. Due to the large size of the fistula, surgical ligation was chosen instead of coil embolization to close the fistula. The patient was chest pain free post-procedure. Coronary artery fistulas, though rare, should be considered in the differential diagnosis when a young patient presents with chest pain and/or heart failure. © 2011 Wiley-Liss, Inc. |
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Konstantinos Dean Boudoulas; Paaladinesh Thavendiranathan; Michael Firstenberg |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-4-28 |
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Title: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions Volume: - ISSN: 1522-726X ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Apr |
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Created Date: 2011-5-3 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100884139 Medline TA: Catheter Cardiovasc Interv Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2011 Wiley-Liss, Inc. |
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Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA. kdboudoulas@osumc.edu. |
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