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Coronary Arteriovenous Fistula Originating From the Left Main Coronary Artery

We report a case of coronary artery fistula arising from the left main coronary artery in a 62-year-old patient presenting with atrial fibrillation. He underwent a transthoracic echocardiogram which suggested a possible coronary artery fistula. Cardiac computed tomographic angiography and cardiac ca...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Dilpat, Ponna, Pramod Kumar, Po, Jose R, Jamoua, Ryan, Kalavakunta, Jagadeesh K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9172806/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35693371
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.24824
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author Kumar, Dilpat
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description We report a case of coronary artery fistula arising from the left main coronary artery in a 62-year-old patient presenting with atrial fibrillation. He underwent a transthoracic echocardiogram which suggested a possible coronary artery fistula. Cardiac computed tomographic angiography and cardiac catheterization confirmed the diagnosis. Coronary artery fistula originated from the left main coronary artery, which is rare and terminated in the coronary sinus. Multi-modality imaging helps to delineate anatomy and decide treatment options. Small asymptomatic fistulas do not require treatment, and large or symptomatic fistulas need closure. Our patient was asymptomatic, and we opted for conservative management with close outpatient echocardiographic monitoring.
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spelling pubmed-91728062022-06-10 Coronary Arteriovenous Fistula Originating From the Left Main Coronary Artery Kumar, Dilpat Ponna, Pramod Kumar Po, Jose R Jamoua, Ryan Kalavakunta, Jagadeesh K Cureus Cardiology We report a case of coronary artery fistula arising from the left main coronary artery in a 62-year-old patient presenting with atrial fibrillation. He underwent a transthoracic echocardiogram which suggested a possible coronary artery fistula. Cardiac computed tomographic angiography and cardiac catheterization confirmed the diagnosis. Coronary artery fistula originated from the left main coronary artery, which is rare and terminated in the coronary sinus. Multi-modality imaging helps to delineate anatomy and decide treatment options. Small asymptomatic fistulas do not require treatment, and large or symptomatic fistulas need closure. Our patient was asymptomatic, and we opted for conservative management with close outpatient echocardiographic monitoring. Cureus 2022-05-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9172806/ /pubmed/35693371 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.24824 Text en Copyright © 2022, Kumar et al. https://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.
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title_short Coronary Arteriovenous Fistula Originating From the Left Main Coronary Artery
title_sort coronary arteriovenous fistula originating from the left main coronary artery
topic Cardiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9172806/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35693371
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.24824
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