A Case of Coronary-Cameral Fistulae Involving All Three Major Coronary Arteries | Zendy

Nikolaos Fragakis | Zendy; Eleftherios Giazitzoglou | Zendy; Demosthenes G. Katritsis | Zendy

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A Case of Coronary-Cameral Fistulae Involving All Three Major Coronary Arteries

Author(s) -

Nikolaos Fragakis,

Eleftherios Giazitzoglou,

Demosthenes G. Katritsis

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.114.013936

Subject(s) - medicine , medical school , coronary arteries , coronary angiography , interventional cardiology , chest pain , artery , myocardial infarction , medical education

We describe a case of a 61-year-old female patient who underwent coronary angiography for the investigation of short-lasting chest pain episodes at rest. Her medical history consisted of dyslipidemia as the only risk factor for coronary artery disease. Clinical examination was unremarkable with no signs of heart failure or additional heart murmurs. The results of a standard 12-lead ECG were normal, but the treadmill test was suggestive of ischemia due to borderline ST depression in the inferior leads on high workload. Transthoracic echocardiography, besides a normal size and function left ventricle, revealed also some color flow throughout diastole from the lateral epicardial surface into the left ventricular cavity (Figure A and Movies I and II in …

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