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Symptomatic bilateral coronary artery fistula to pulmonary artery in elderly patient

We report the imaging findings of an uncommon coronary vascular termination anomaly, with fistula to the pulmonary artery. This 70 year old female patient presented unstable angina, showing a coronary artery fistula depicted in coronary angiogram from the left coronary to the pulmonary artery, with...

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Autores principales: Pereira da Silva, Francisco, Donato, Paulo, Donato, Henrique, Jorge, Elisabete, Ferreira, Maria Joao, Caseiro-Alves, Filipe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5122693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27900349
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejro.2016.10.001
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author Pereira da Silva, Francisco
Donato, Paulo
Donato, Henrique
Jorge, Elisabete
Ferreira, Maria Joao
Caseiro-Alves, Filipe
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Donato, Paulo
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description We report the imaging findings of an uncommon coronary vascular termination anomaly, with fistula to the pulmonary artery. This 70 year old female patient presented unstable angina, showing a coronary artery fistula depicted in coronary angiogram from the left coronary to the pulmonary artery, with no significant atherosclerotic pathology. Due to development of ventricular tachycardia in stress echocardiogram examination, she was proposed for coronary fistula closure. Coronary CT was performed for procedure planning and allowed the identification of a second unsuspected fistula from the right coronary to the right pulmonary artery. Congenital coronary anomalies are a possible cause of symptomatic coronary pathology in patients of any age. In older patients, coronary artery fistulas are rare, especially when symptomatic. Adequately performed CT examinations, using its post processing capabilities, with 3D and MIP reconstructions are invaluable in delineating coronary anatomy, essential for further treatment planning.
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spelling pubmed-51226932016-11-29 Symptomatic bilateral coronary artery fistula to pulmonary artery in elderly patient Pereira da Silva, Francisco Donato, Paulo Donato, Henrique Jorge, Elisabete Ferreira, Maria Joao Caseiro-Alves, Filipe Eur J Radiol Open Article We report the imaging findings of an uncommon coronary vascular termination anomaly, with fistula to the pulmonary artery. This 70 year old female patient presented unstable angina, showing a coronary artery fistula depicted in coronary angiogram from the left coronary to the pulmonary artery, with no significant atherosclerotic pathology. Due to development of ventricular tachycardia in stress echocardiogram examination, she was proposed for coronary fistula closure. Coronary CT was performed for procedure planning and allowed the identification of a second unsuspected fistula from the right coronary to the right pulmonary artery. Congenital coronary anomalies are a possible cause of symptomatic coronary pathology in patients of any age. In older patients, coronary artery fistulas are rare, especially when symptomatic. Adequately performed CT examinations, using its post processing capabilities, with 3D and MIP reconstructions are invaluable in delineating coronary anatomy, essential for further treatment planning. Elsevier 2016-11-21 /pmc/articles/PMC5122693/ /pubmed/27900349 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejro.2016.10.001 Text en © 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Caseiro-Alves, Filipe
Symptomatic bilateral coronary artery fistula to pulmonary artery in elderly patient
title Symptomatic bilateral coronary artery fistula to pulmonary artery in elderly patient
title_full Symptomatic bilateral coronary artery fistula to pulmonary artery in elderly patient
title_fullStr Symptomatic bilateral coronary artery fistula to pulmonary artery in elderly patient
title_full_unstemmed Symptomatic bilateral coronary artery fistula to pulmonary artery in elderly patient
title_short Symptomatic bilateral coronary artery fistula to pulmonary artery in elderly patient
title_sort symptomatic bilateral coronary artery fistula to pulmonary artery in elderly patient
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5122693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27900349
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejro.2016.10.001
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