Coronary artery fistula with anomalous coronary artery origin: a case report.
Congenital anomalies of the coronary arteries occur in 0.2% to 1.2% of the general population. Most coronary artery anomalies are found incidentally during angiographic evaluation for other cardiac diseases. We describe the case of a young woman presenting with chest discomfort and fatigue where echocardiography identified a coronary artery fistula. Successful embolization of the coronary artery fistula was performed. To our knowledge, this is a unique case of an anomalous coronary artery and a fistulous anomaly in the same patient. This report describes the echocardiographic diagnosis, and the feasibility of a transcatheter management decision to avoid cardiopulmonary bypass in a patient in whom blood products are contraindicated.
Abdelmoneim
Sahar S
SS
Department of Cardiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Mookadam
Farouk
F
Moustafa
Sherif E
SE
Holmes
David R
DR
D000328:Adult; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D014463:Ultrasonography