Vegetation and bilateral congenital coronary artery fistulas.
This report describes the case of a man who presented with fever, weight loss, and Streptococcus mitis septicemia. He was found to have congenital bilateral coronary artery fistula, a rare condition. There was no evidence of vegetation on the heart valves on transthoracic or transesophageal echocardiography. Instead, transesophageal echocardiography showed vegetation within the coronary sinus near its entrance into the right atrium. Coronary angiography confirmed the presence of a left circumflex artery to coronary sinus fistula and a right coronary artery to coronary sinus fistula. To the authors' knowledge this combination of findings has never been reported before.
Gill
Daljeet S
DS
Department of Cardiology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore. dal3@hotmail.com
Yong
Quek-Wei
QW
Wong
Teck-Wee
TW
Tan
Lay-Kheng
LK
Ng
Kheng-Siang
KS
D000328:Adult; D015897:Comorbidity; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018805:Sepsis / Q000453:epidemiology; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D034361:Streptococcus mitis; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*