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Coronary artery fistula; coronary computed topography – The diagnostic modality of choice

Coronary artery fistulae (CAF) are rare anomalies. They are vascular communications between the coronary arteries and other cardiac structures, either cardiac chambers or great vessels. There can be considerable variation in the course of a coronary artery fistula. We report a case of a coronary art...

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Autores principales: Early, SA, Meany, TB, Fenlon, HM, Hurley, J
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2491619/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18601739
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-3-41
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Meany, TB
Fenlon, HM
Hurley, J
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description Coronary artery fistulae (CAF) are rare anomalies. They are vascular communications between the coronary arteries and other cardiac structures, either cardiac chambers or great vessels. There can be considerable variation in the course of a coronary artery fistula. We report a case of a coronary artery fistula between the left circumflex coronary artery and the right and left atria. CAF are often diagnosed by coronary angiogram, however with the advent of new technologies such as Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (Coronary CTA) the course and communications of these fistulae can be delineated non-invasively and with greater accuracy.
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spelling pubmed-24916192008-07-31 Coronary artery fistula; coronary computed topography – The diagnostic modality of choice Early, SA Meany, TB Fenlon, HM Hurley, J J Cardiothorac Surg Case Report Coronary artery fistulae (CAF) are rare anomalies. They are vascular communications between the coronary arteries and other cardiac structures, either cardiac chambers or great vessels. There can be considerable variation in the course of a coronary artery fistula. We report a case of a coronary artery fistula between the left circumflex coronary artery and the right and left atria. CAF are often diagnosed by coronary angiogram, however with the advent of new technologies such as Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (Coronary CTA) the course and communications of these fistulae can be delineated non-invasively and with greater accuracy. BioMed Central 2008-07-05 /pmc/articles/PMC2491619/ /pubmed/18601739 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-3-41 Text en Copyright © 2008 Early et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Early, SA
Meany, TB
Fenlon, HM
Hurley, J
Coronary artery fistula; coronary computed topography – The diagnostic modality of choice
title Coronary artery fistula; coronary computed topography – The diagnostic modality of choice
title_full Coronary artery fistula; coronary computed topography – The diagnostic modality of choice
title_fullStr Coronary artery fistula; coronary computed topography – The diagnostic modality of choice
title_full_unstemmed Coronary artery fistula; coronary computed topography – The diagnostic modality of choice
title_short Coronary artery fistula; coronary computed topography – The diagnostic modality of choice
title_sort coronary artery fistula; coronary computed topography – the diagnostic modality of choice
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2491619/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18601739
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-3-41
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