Coronary Artery Fistula

Hezzy Shmueli, MD; Evan M. Zahn, MD; Gabriella Odudu, MSc; Nir Flint, MD; Robert J. Siegel, MD; Rose Tompkins, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Jul 2020)

Coronary Artery Fistula

Hezzy Shmueli, MD,
Evan M. Zahn, MD,
Gabriella Odudu, MSc,
Nir Flint, MD,
Robert J. Siegel, MD,
Rose Tompkins, MD

Affiliations

Hezzy Shmueli, MD: Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
Evan M. Zahn, MD: Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
Gabriella Odudu, MSc: Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
Nir Flint, MD: Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
Robert J. Siegel, MD: Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
Rose Tompkins, MD: Address for correspondence: Dr. Rose Tompkins, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 127 South San Vicente Boulevard, AHSP-Suite A3600, Los Angeles, California 90048.; Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 8
pp. 1192 – 1195

Abstract

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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.)

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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