[Multiple coronary-left ventricular fistulae. Apropos of a case]

Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris). 1983 Jan-Feb;32(1):63-5.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The authors report the case of a 57 years old man who was admitted for angina unresponsive to medical treatment. Coronary angiography revealed significant atherosclerotic lesions in the right coronary artery and also revealed multiple left coronaro-ventricular fistulae, hence the interest of this case. The fistulae were filiform and originated in the circumflex and posterior interventricular arteries. Coronaro-cardiac fistulae are rare, but this type of left-sided coronaro-ventricular fistula is exceptional. The patient was asymptomatic following surgical correction of the atheromatous lesions of the right coronary artery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Coronary Angiography*
  • Fistula / diagnostic imaging
  • Fistula / etiology*
  • Heart Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Diseases / etiology*
  • Heart Ventricles
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged