대한영상의학회지 (Jan 2017)

Multi-Detector CT Coronary Angiographic Findings of Coronary-to-Pulmonary Artery Fistula

  • Jae Seok Bae,
  • Eun-Ah Park,
  • Jiyeon Lim,
  • Whal Lee,
  • Jae Hyung Park

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3348/jksr.2017.76.1.39
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 76, no. 1
pp. 39 – 47

Abstract

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Purpose To evaluate multi-detector CT (MDCT) coronary angiographic findings of coronary-to-pulmonary artery fistula (CPAF). Materials and Methods We retrospectively reviewed images of patients with CPAF from the coronary CT angiography (CCTA) database obtained with a 64-channel MDCT between January 2008 and March 2011. We analyzed the CCTA findings for feeding arteries, fistula, association with peripulmonary arterial aneurysms, and the presence of communication between the CPAF and bronchial arteries. Results Fifty-five of the 15042 (0.37%) patients were diagnosed with CPAFs. The feeding artery was single (n = 18) or multiple (n = 37). The fistula had a single drainage site (n = 54) or multiple drainage sites (n = 1). The mean diameter of the fistulous opening was 2.7 ± 1.4 mm. A peripulmonary arterial aneurysm was present in 24 (44%) patients. Communication between CPAF and bronchial arteries was present in eight (14.5%) patients. Conclusion MDCT coronary angiography can provide comprehensive morphologic details on CPAF and may help in presurgical or preinterventional planning.

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