title: Acquired left coronary artery fistula draining to the right ventricle after myocardial infarction.
abstract: Coronary arteriography performed in a 42-year-old male patient showed communications from the left anterior descending artery to the right ventricle one month after a myocardial infarction. The area of communication did not correspond to the site of the infarction as established by electrocardiogram and previous angiography. Exactly how the fistula developed in our case remains unknown. Angiogenesis also suggests that myocardial infarction can lead to spontaneous formation of these coronary anomalies.
authors: Department of Cardiology, Baskent University Konya Training and Research Center, Konya, Turkey.
authors: Kerem Cem
authors: KC
authors: Yilmaz
authors: Murat
authors: M
authors: Günday
authors: Özgür
authors: Ö
authors: Çiftçi
authors: Aytekin
authors: A
authors: Güven
authors: Mehmet
authors: M
authors: Özülkü
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005402:Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*