Multiple Fistula Emptying into the Left Ventricle through the Entire Left Ventricular Wall.
10.4250/jcu.2012.20.2.108
- Author:
Dong Yeub LEE
1
;
Seon Hee PARK
;
Myeong Hwan BAE
;
Jang Hun LEE
;
Dong Heon YANG
;
Hun Sik PARK
;
Yongkeun CHO
;
Shung Chull CHAE
;
Jae Eun JUN
Author Information
1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea. ddhyang@knu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Multiple fistula;
Left ventricle;
Firecracker
- MeSH:
Adult;
Coronary Angiography;
Coronary Vessels;
Echocardiography;
Female;
Fistula;
Heart Ventricles;
Humans
- From:Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound
2012;20(2):108-111
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Coronary artery fistulae are usually identified during invasive coronary angiographies. However, in this case, we made the early detection of coronary artery fistulae during non-invasive transthoracic echocardiography, by demonstrating diastolic multiple abnormal color Doppler flows on the entire left ventricular walls including left ventricular free wall, interventricular septum and apex, which were mimicking firecracker on the whole left ventricle. Fistulous communication from the coronary artery to the left ventricle is rare. Moreover, a case of multiple coronary fistulae emptying into the left ventricle through the entire left ventricular walls including left ventricular free wall, interventricular septum and apex is uncommon. We report a case of a 31-year-old woman who was diagnosed with multiple fistula communicating with entire left ventricular wall.
