title: Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy associated with multiple coronary artery-left ventricular fistulae: a report of a case and review of the literature.
abstract: We present a rare case of multiple coronary artery-left ventricular (LV) fistulae, associated with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in an 83-year-old woman with electrocardiographic abnormalities and a history of arterial hypertension and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. In order to evaluate the clinical significance and obtain further insights into this unusual disease, the patient has undergone coronary angiography, left ventriculography, and magnetic resonance imaging which better substantiated the structural abnormalities of the LV and the coronary network.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Army Veterans Hospital Athens, Athens, Greece. cdresios@yahoo.gr
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dresios
authors.forename: Stavros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Apostolakis
authors.forename: Stavros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tzortzis
authors.forename: Kyriakos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lazaridis
authors.forename: Alexandros
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gardikiotis
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*