Extensive coronary-cameral fistulas and incidental left ventricular papillary fibroelastoma
Muhammad Usman Almani1, Vibhor Ahluwalia2, Muhammad Yousuf3
1Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA usmanalmanimd@gmail.com.
Abstract:
We report the rare coexistence of extensive coronary-cameral fistulas (CCFs) with aneurysmal dilatation of coronary arteries and an incidental left ventricular papillary fibroelastoma (PFE) in a female in her early 70s who presented with chest pain and lower extremity oedema. Multimodality imaging, including transoesophageal echocardiography, cardiac CT and coronary angiography, confirmed the diagnosis. The PFE was surgically resected to prevent embolic complications, while the CCFs were managed conservatively due to their haemodynamic insignificance. This case demonstrates that even extensive CCFs may be haemodynamically insignificant, while a small PFE can pose a significant embolic threat, justifying disparate management strategies guided by multimodality imaging and haemodynamic assessment.
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