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Gigantic arteriovenous fistula between left coronary cusp and coronary sinus draining into the right atrium

Coronary arteriovenous fistulas (CAF) are infrequent anatomic anomalies that establish a direct connection between coronary arteries and cardiac chambers. The reported incidence is extremely low and estimated at 0.002% in the general population. We report a rare case of CAF in a middle-aged man, who...

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Autores principales: Shah, Syed Raza, Ismail, Imtiaz, Raza, Munis, Ikram, Sohail
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8118461/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34234916
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2021.1877398
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description Coronary arteriovenous fistulas (CAF) are infrequent anatomic anomalies that establish a direct connection between coronary arteries and cardiac chambers. The reported incidence is extremely low and estimated at 0.002% in the general population. We report a rare case of CAF in a middle-aged man, who was asymptomatic but incidentally found to have a gigantic CAF on a low-dose Computed Tomography scan of his chest. The case was presented to cardiothoracic surgeons. Since the patient was asymptomatic, they recommended medical management and continued close surveillance. The Left Coronary Artery or its branches are extremely uncommon site for CAF. With the advances in technology, the network of veins including coronary sinus has gained further clinical relevance. While technology has helped elucidate many aspects of these rare anomalies, mysteries still remain. With continued research, we can expect more cost-effective and less invasive interventional therapies to be developed in the near future.
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spelling pubmed-81184612021-07-06 Gigantic arteriovenous fistula between left coronary cusp and coronary sinus draining into the right atrium Shah, Syed Raza Ismail, Imtiaz Raza, Munis Ikram, Sohail J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect Case Report Coronary arteriovenous fistulas (CAF) are infrequent anatomic anomalies that establish a direct connection between coronary arteries and cardiac chambers. The reported incidence is extremely low and estimated at 0.002% in the general population. We report a rare case of CAF in a middle-aged man, who was asymptomatic but incidentally found to have a gigantic CAF on a low-dose Computed Tomography scan of his chest. The case was presented to cardiothoracic surgeons. Since the patient was asymptomatic, they recommended medical management and continued close surveillance. The Left Coronary Artery or its branches are extremely uncommon site for CAF. With the advances in technology, the network of veins including coronary sinus has gained further clinical relevance. While technology has helped elucidate many aspects of these rare anomalies, mysteries still remain. With continued research, we can expect more cost-effective and less invasive interventional therapies to be developed in the near future. Taylor & Francis 2021-05-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8118461/ /pubmed/34234916 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2021.1877398 Text en © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group on behalf of Greater Baltimore Medical Center. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Gigantic arteriovenous fistula between left coronary cusp and coronary sinus draining into the right atrium
title_full Gigantic arteriovenous fistula between left coronary cusp and coronary sinus draining into the right atrium
title_fullStr Gigantic arteriovenous fistula between left coronary cusp and coronary sinus draining into the right atrium
title_full_unstemmed Gigantic arteriovenous fistula between left coronary cusp and coronary sinus draining into the right atrium
title_short Gigantic arteriovenous fistula between left coronary cusp and coronary sinus draining into the right atrium
title_sort gigantic arteriovenous fistula between left coronary cusp and coronary sinus draining into the right atrium
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8118461/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34234916
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2021.1877398
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