Acute Heart Failure From Coronary Cameral Fistula

Raed Qarajeh, MD; Aref Qureini, MD, MPHS; Randall C. Thompson, MD; Ibrahim M. Saeed, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Dec 2020)

Acute Heart Failure From Coronary Cameral Fistula

Raed Qarajeh, MD,
Aref Qureini, MD, MPHS,
Randall C. Thompson, MD,
Ibrahim M. Saeed, MD

Affiliations

Raed Qarajeh, MD: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Address for correspondence: Dr. Raed Qarajeh, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2301 Holmes Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64108, USA.
Aref Qureini, MD, MPHS: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Randall C. Thompson, MD: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Ibrahim M. Saeed, MD: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, USA; INOVA Heart and Vascular Institute, Falls Church, Virginia, USA; Virginia Heart, Falls Church, Virginia, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 15
pp. 2368 – 2371.e1

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A 40-year-old African American woman presented with dyspnea, orthopnea, weight gain, and ankle edema. She was admitted for acute decompensated heart failure. Coronary angiography revealed coronary cameral fistula. We used multiple imaging modalities to confirm the fistula’s pathway. Her left ventricular systolic function improved after repair of coronary cameral fistula. (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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