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Minimally Invasive Sternotomy for Ligation of Congenital Bilateral Coronary Artery to Pulmonary Artery Fistulae: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Ghersi Marcelo,
Thirunavukarasu Pragatheeshwar,
Carrillo Roger,
Schor John,
Traad Ernest,
Williams Donald
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00363.x
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , artery , pulmonary artery , ligation , cardiology , coronary arteries , main pulmonary artery , radiology , right coronary artery , left coronary artery , coronary angiography , myocardial infarction
Coronary artery fistulae (CAF) are the second most common type of anomalies of the coronary arteries, after anomalies of origin. We hereby present a rare case of bilateral coronary to pulmonary artery fistulae discovered incidentally in an asymptomatic young man, with abnormal electrocardiographic findings on routine examination. The fistulae were successfully ligated with a minimally invasive approach, which to our knowledge has not been previously reported.