title: Coronary artery fistula in a 70 year-old woman with myocardial infarction.
abstract: Coronary artery fistulas are infrequent congenital malformations. We present the case of a patient with acute coronary syndrome and fistula between the proximal left anterior descending artery (LAD) and the pulmonary artery. The fistula was diagnosed during coronary angiography. Its presence and morphology was confirmed by a 64-slice computer tomography scan. The patient underwent a successful coronary artery bypass grafting procedure with surgical closure of the fistula.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cardiology, Intensive Cardiac Therapy Clinic, Warsaw, Poland. akonopka@ptkardio.pl
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Konopka
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kumor
authors.forename: Zbigniew
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Juraszyński
authors.forename: Mirosław
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kowalski
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zagrodzka
authors.forename: Janina
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stępińska
mesh_terms: D054058:Acute Coronary Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D001159:Arterio-Arterial Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome