Coronary Artery-Left Ventricle Fistula: A Case Report of a Rare Connection Error!

Coronary artery fistulas (CAF) terminating in the left ventricle are rare. We present an asymptomatic 58-year-old African-American female with a unique fistula network detected during cardiac catheterization. Large coronary fistulas can have a silent presentation and may be an incidental finding not...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Sagar, Dipti, Hernandez, Andres, Heimowitz, Todd
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2015
Materias:
Radiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4494526/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26180690
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.266
_version_ 1782380112930406400
author Sagar, Dipti
Hernandez, Andres
Heimowitz, Todd
author_facet Sagar, Dipti
Hernandez, Andres
Heimowitz, Todd
author_sort Sagar, Dipti
collection PubMed
description Coronary artery fistulas (CAF) terminating in the left ventricle are rare. We present an asymptomatic 58-year-old African-American female with a unique fistula network detected during cardiac catheterization. Large coronary fistulas can have a silent presentation and may be an incidental finding not requiring intervention.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-4494526
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2015
publisher Cureus
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-44945262015-07-15 Coronary Artery-Left Ventricle Fistula: A Case Report of a Rare Connection Error! Sagar, Dipti Hernandez, Andres Heimowitz, Todd Cureus Radiology Coronary artery fistulas (CAF) terminating in the left ventricle are rare. We present an asymptomatic 58-year-old African-American female with a unique fistula network detected during cardiac catheterization. Large coronary fistulas can have a silent presentation and may be an incidental finding not requiring intervention. Cureus 2015-04-23 /pmc/articles/PMC4494526/ /pubmed/26180690 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.266 Text en Copyright © 2015, Sagar et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Radiology
Sagar, Dipti
Hernandez, Andres
Heimowitz, Todd
Coronary Artery-Left Ventricle Fistula: A Case Report of a Rare Connection Error!
title Coronary Artery-Left Ventricle Fistula: A Case Report of a Rare Connection Error!
title_full Coronary Artery-Left Ventricle Fistula: A Case Report of a Rare Connection Error!
title_fullStr Coronary Artery-Left Ventricle Fistula: A Case Report of a Rare Connection Error!
title_full_unstemmed Coronary Artery-Left Ventricle Fistula: A Case Report of a Rare Connection Error!
title_short Coronary Artery-Left Ventricle Fistula: A Case Report of a Rare Connection Error!
title_sort coronary artery-left ventricle fistula: a case report of a rare connection error!
topic Radiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4494526/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26180690
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.266
work_keys_str_mv AT sagardipti coronaryarteryleftventriclefistulaacasereportofarareconnectionerror
AT hernandezandres coronaryarteryleftventriclefistulaacasereportofarareconnectionerror
AT heimowitztodd coronaryarteryleftventriclefistulaacasereportofarareconnectionerror

Ejemplares similares