Barsoum Emad A, Saiful Faisal B, Asti Deepak, Morcus Rewais, Khoueiry Georges, Lafferty James, McCord Donald A
Emad A Barsoum, Faisal B Saiful, Rewais Morcus, Georges Khoueiry, James Lafferty, Donald A McCord, Department of Medicine, Staten Island University Hospital, New York, NY 10305, United States.
World J Cardiol. 2014 Jul 26;6(7):682-4. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v6.i7.682.
Coronary artery fistulas are abnormal connections between coronary artery territories and cardiac chambers or major vessels, most of them are congenital. Patients with coronary artery fistula can be asymptomatic or present with different symptoms like angina. Cardiac computed tomography (CT) is one of the best modalities for diagnosis. We present an elderly patient that presented with angina symptoms, non invasive stress test was positive for ischemic heart disease, coronary angiogram could not reveal any obstructive lesions, but an abnormal branch of the left descending coronary artery (LAD), cardiac CT showed fistula that connect left anterior descending coronary artery to left superior pulmonary vein. Our case is extremely rare as most of the reported cases were fistulas between LAD and pulmonary artery, but in our case the fistula between LAD and left superior pulmonary vein. In addition, our patients' symptoms resolved with anti-ischemic medical treatment without any surgical intervention.
冠状动脉瘘是冠状动脉区域与心腔或大血管之间的异常连接,其中大多数是先天性的。冠状动脉瘘患者可能无症状,或表现出如心绞痛等不同症状。心脏计算机断层扫描(CT)是最佳诊断方法之一。我们报告一例老年患者,其出现心绞痛症状,无创负荷试验显示缺血性心脏病阳性,冠状动脉造影未发现任何阻塞性病变,但左冠状动脉前降支(LAD)有一支异常分支,心脏CT显示瘘管将左冠状动脉前降支与左上肺静脉相连。我们的病例极为罕见,因为大多数报道的病例是LAD与肺动脉之间的瘘管,而我们的病例是LAD与左上肺静脉之间的瘘管。此外,我们患者的症状通过抗缺血药物治疗得到缓解,无需任何手术干预。