Multiple spontaneously occurring coronary artery-left ventricular communications: a case report.
A search of the literature revealed that spontaneous coronary artery-left ventricular communications have only rarely been reported. These fistulae are frequently associated with angina pectoris which has been attributed to a ventricular steal phenomenon. The patient described herein presented with angina pectoris and was found to have multiple coronary arterioventricular communications without significant coronary atherosclerosis.
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D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000209:etiology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D005402:Fistula / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged