Barrera-Ramírez CF, Jiménez-Mazuecos J, Portero PP, Moreno R, Hernández-Antolín R, Alfonso F, Bañuelos C, Escaned J, Sabaté M, Macaya C

Language: English
References: 15
Page: 45-48
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ABSTRACT

Coronary artery fistula between a coronary artery and a cardiac chamber is a rare condition, especially when multiple fistulas communicate with the left ventricle. Herein we report a case of an elderly woman with multiple diffuse coronary artery-left ventricular fistulas diagnosed by angiography. Since the coronary artery-cardiac chamber communications were multiple and diffuse neither surgery nor transcatheter coil occlusion was considered in this case.

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