Three Cases of Coronary Artery Fistula from Right Coronay to Left Ventricle.
10.4070/kcj.1998.28.7.1216
- Author:
Sung Hwa BAE
;
Bong Jun KIM
;
Jong Seon PARK
;
Dong Goo SHIN
;
Young Jo KIM
;
Bong Sub SHIM
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Coronary artery fistula;
Right coronary artery to left ventricle
- MeSH:
Coronary Angiography;
Coronary Vessels*;
Diagnosis;
Fistula*;
Heart Ventricles*;
Humans;
Rare Diseases
- From:Korean Circulation Journal
1998;28(7):1216-1216
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The coronary artery fistula from right coronary artery to left ventricle is a rare disease among coronary artery anomaly. We experienced three cases of rare coronary fistula and report with literature review. Although symptoms of coronary artery fistula are associated with arteriovenous shunt and coronary steal phenomenon, many cases are asymptomatic. In this report, all patients had no symptom. but incidental murmur was noted (two are continuous, one is diastolic rumbling). The diagnosis was made by transthoracic or transesophageal echocardiogram and selective coronary angiography. Because patients were relatively young and the diameter of dilated coronary artery were huge, we perfomed operation on three patients.
