Journal of the Practice of Cardiovascular Sciences (Jan 2019)

Intercoronary fistula: Rarest of rare coronary anomaly

  • Sunil Nichaldas Gurmukhani,
  • Nikita Chaturvedi,
  • Nishit Saradava,
  • Samkit Mutha,
  • Sanjay Shah,
  • Tejas Patel

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/jpcs.jpcs_54_19
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 3
pp. 213 – 214

Abstract

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Coronary artery fistulas are rare but fascinating anomalies. It is defined as an abnormal direct vascular connection from coronary artery to a cardiac chamber or major central blood vessel without an intervening capillary bed. Among all coronary fistulas, intercoronary fistula without obstructive coronary artery disease is extremely rare. Such huge intercoronary fistula without any obstructive coronary artery disease is not described previously in literature to best of our knowledge. Clinical significance and future implications of these anomalies is unknown and subject of debate.

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