title: Acquired (post-angioplasty) coronary ventricular fistula draining into left ventricle aneurysm.
abstract: Coronary artery fistula is a rare condition where a fistulous communication exists between the coronary artery and a cardiac chamber or vein. Mostly they are of congenital origin, but rarely may be acquired due to trauma, post cardiac surgery or angioplasty, or very rarely, because of coronary aneurysm rupture. Ours is an interesting case of a post-coronary artery bypass graft surgery status with a fistula in second obtuse marginal branch of left circumflex coronary artery draining into left ventricle aneurysm. We explore possible causes including erosion of the thin aneurysmal wall into coronary lumen. Given the history of previous surgical revascularization, it may be a contained rupture and the possibility of pulsatile effect of the obtuse marginal branch eroding into the thin wall aneurysm is considered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology at Mukat Hospital, Ludhiana (Punjab), India, 1 41003. docamitgupta@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Sudheer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saxena
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D054059:Coronary Occlusion / Q000453:epidemiology; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D058226:Plaque, Atherosclerotic / Q000453:epidemiology; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*