Symptomatic Coronary Cameral Fistula.

Heart Views

Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Published: August 2015

Coronary cameral fistula is a rare entity and is characterized by an abnormal communication between coronary artery and a cardiac chamber. It is usually congenital and asymptomatic in majority of patients. If symptomatic the patients usually present in childhood. We present a case of 45-year-old male who presented with anginal chest pain and dyspnea on exertion for last 1 year. His exercise treadmill test was positive for ischemic changes and ECG-gated contrast enhanced CT was done for further evaluation. CT showed a large right coronary artery to right atrium fistula. It also ruled out any coronary atherosclerosis as reason for chest pain and ischemic symptoms on exercise treadmill test. The fistula was successfully closed by surgery and there was resolution of chest pain and dyspnea.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4485206PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1995-705X.159225DOI Listing

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