Coronary Artery-Left Ventricle Fistula: A Case Report of a Rare Connection Error!
Dipti Sagar1, Andres Hernandez2, Todd Heimowitz3
1Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Cureus
|July 17, 2015
Abstract:
Coronary artery fistulas (CAF) terminating in the left ventricle are rare. We present an asymptomatic 58-year-old African-American female with a unique fistula network detected during cardiac catheterization. Large coronary fistulas can have a silent presentation and may be an incidental finding not requiring intervention.
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