Vivek G, Naha Kushal, Ramachandran Padmakumar, Rajagopal K V
Department of Cardiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
BMJ Case Rep. 2012 Jul 9;2012:bcr2012006473. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2012-006473.
Coronary arteriovenous fistulae are a rare but potentially curable cause of ischaemic heart disease and should be considered as a differential diagnosis especially in patients lacking classical risk factors for coronary artery disease. We discuss one such case of cardiac ischaemia resulting from a coronary arteriovenous fistula. While there are sporadic case reports of similar patients in medical literature, our patient is the first reported case of ST-elevation myocardial infarction secondary to the fistulous connection.