Coronary Artery Fistula: An Unexpected Cause of Heart Failure in a 58-Year-Old Woman

Coronary artery fistula (CAF) is an abnormal connection between a coronary artery and a heart chamber resulting in left-to-right shunt. A large CAF was an unexpected cause of heart failure in a 58-year-old woman who underwent transcatheter closure of the CAF with improvement in symptoms but complica...

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Autores principales: Shmueli, Hezzy, Zahn, Evan M., Odudu, Gabriella, Flint, Nir, Siegel, Robert J., Tompkins, Rose
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8311697/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34317446
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.04.021
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Sumario:Coronary artery fistula (CAF) is an abnormal connection between a coronary artery and a heart chamber resulting in left-to-right shunt. A large CAF was an unexpected cause of heart failure in a 58-year-old woman who underwent transcatheter closure of the CAF with improvement in symptoms but complicated by myocardial infarction. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

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