A case of coronary artery fistula visualized by 64-slice multidetector CT.
BACKGROUND
A 27-year-old woman was admitted to hospital with a 1-year history of mild dyspnea.


METHODS
Physical examination, chest radiography, electrocardiography, transthoracic echocardiography, 64-slice multidetector CT and coronary angiography.


METHODS
Fistula originating from the left anterior coronary artery and draining into the right ventricle, in conjunction with an aneurysm of the left anterior descending artery.


RESULTS
Surgical closure of the fistula using normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass.
Versaci
Francesco
F
University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
Del Giudice
Costantino
C
Sperandio
Massimiliano
M
Simonetti
Giovanni
G
Chiariello
Luigi
L
D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery