<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><bold>Introduction:</bold> Coronary artery fistulas are usually incidental findings and rarely cause any clinical symptoms.<bold>Case presentation:</bold> In this case a coronary pulmonary fistula was revealed by coronary CT angiography and as it was considered responsible for the patients’ symptoms, its’ closure was performed during percutaneous coronary intervention.<bold>Conclusion:</bold> The noninvasive coronary CT angiography is a valuable examination in the diagnosis of coronary anomalies.</abstract>

Introduction: Coronary artery fistulas are usually incidental findings and rarely cause any clinical symptoms.Case presentation: In this case a coronary pulmonary fistula was revealed by coronary CT angiography and as it was considered responsible for the patients’ symptoms, its’ closure was performed during percutaneous coronary intervention.Conclusion: The noninvasive coronary CT angiography is a valuable examination in the diagnosis of coronary anomalies.

Symptomatic Coronary-Pulmonary Fistula Revealed with Coronary CT Angiography

Journal of Cardiovascular Emergencies

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Introduction: Coronary artery fistulas are usually incidental findings and rarely cause any clinical symptoms.Case presentation: In this case a coronary...

Symptomatic Coronary-Pulmonary Fistula Revealed with Coronary CT Angiography

Pubblicato online: 11 lug 2017

Pagine: 89 - 92

Ricevuto: 15 mag 2017

Accettato: 26 giu 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jce-2017-0008

Parole chiave
coronary CTA, invasive coronary angiography, coronary artery fistula, atypical chest pain

© 2017 Sára Papp et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Symptomatic Coronary-Pulmonary Fistula Revealed with Coronary CT Angiography

Pubblicato online: 11 lug 2017

Pagine: 89 - 92

Ricevuto: 15 mag 2017

Accettato: 26 giu 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jce-2017-0008

Parole chiavecoronary CTA, invasive coronary angiography, coronary artery fistula, atypical chest pain

© 2017 Sára Papp et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Parole chiave
coronary CTA, invasive coronary angiography, coronary artery fistula, atypical chest pain