title: Coronary cameral fistula: left anterior descending artery to left ventricle.
abstract: Coronary cameral fistulas are unusual congenital or acquired anomalous communications between an epicardial coronary artery and a cardiac chamber. We present such an unusual entity here of a coronary cameral fistula between the left anterior descending artery and the left ventricle that was repaired surgically. Coronary cameral fistula is a rare but surgically curable congenital heart defect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Western Reserve Care System, Youngstown, Ohio, USA. z_hashmi@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Zubair A
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Hashmi
authors.forename: Pyongsoo D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Gregory G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Smaroff
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Cardone
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D010496:Pericardium / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology; D056346:Sternotomy; D013318:Stroke Volume; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left