Case report and review of literature: coronary artery fistulae.
Coronary artery fistula (CAF) is a rare disease. In more than 90 percent of cases, a single fistula drains into the right heart chambers or into the pulmonary artery. Fistulae draining into the left ventricle are uncommon; further, multiple CAF involving the three major coronary artery vessels are very rare. This report will describe two rare cases of CAF, one of multiple CAF, and the other of single CAF, all of which drained into the left ventricular chamber.
Cardiology Department, James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Mountain Home, TN, USA. wissam_mechleb@hotmail.com
Wissam
W
Mechleb
Lucien
L
Abboud
Costy
C
Mattar
Tariq
T
Haddadin
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000368:Aged; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors