A “Snake-Like” Vessel in the Thorax

Eirini Beneki, MD, MSc, PhD; Kyriakos Dimitriadis, MD, PhD; Alexios S. Antonopoulos, MD, PhD; Konstantinos Tsioufis, MD, PhD; Constantina Aggeli, MD, PhD

JACC: Case Reports (Feb 2024)

A “Snake-Like” Vessel in the Thorax

Eirini Beneki, MD, MSc, PhD,
Kyriakos Dimitriadis, MD, PhD,
Alexios S. Antonopoulos, MD, PhD,
Konstantinos Tsioufis, MD, PhD,
Constantina Aggeli, MD, PhD

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Eirini Beneki, MD, MSc, PhD: Address for correspondence: Dr Eirini Beneki, First Cardiology Department, School of Medicine, Hippokration General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Vasilissis Sofias 114, Athens 11527, Greece.; First Cardiology Department, School of Medicine, Hippokration General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Kyriakos Dimitriadis, MD, PhD: First Cardiology Department, School of Medicine, Hippokration General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Alexios S. Antonopoulos, MD, PhD: First Cardiology Department, School of Medicine, Hippokration General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Konstantinos Tsioufis, MD, PhD: First Cardiology Department, School of Medicine, Hippokration General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Constantina Aggeli, MD, PhD: First Cardiology Department, School of Medicine, Hippokration General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 29, no. 3
p. 102181

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We report a congenital extracardiac arteriovenous fistula revealed incidentally in a patient undergoing computed tomographic coronary angiography for angina. This clinical vignette panel describes the origin and the trajectory of this rare vascular lesion.

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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