Sze Tan Ling, Abdul Aziz Yang Faridah, Abu Bakar Norzailin, Mohd Sani Fadhli, Oemar Hamid
Department of Biomedical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Department of Biomedical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ; Department of Radiology, University Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Iran J Radiol. 2015 Jan 30;12(1):e6878. doi: 10.5812/iranjradiol.6878. eCollection 2015 Jan.
Coronary artery fistula (CAF) is a rare anomaly of the coronary artery. Patients with this condition are usually asymptomatic. However, cardiac failure may occur later in life due to progressive enlargement of the fistula. Diagnosis is traditionally made by echocardiogram and conventional angiogram. However with the advantage of new technologies such as computed tomography (CT) coronary angiography, the course and communications of these fistulae can be delineated non-invasively and with greater accuracy. We report a case of a left circumflex artery fistula to the coronary sinus which was suspected on echocardiogram and the diagnosis was clinched on ECG-gated CT.
冠状动脉瘘(CAF)是一种罕见的冠状动脉异常。患有这种疾病的患者通常没有症状。然而,由于瘘管的逐渐扩大,后期可能会发生心力衰竭。传统上通过超声心动图和传统血管造影进行诊断。然而,借助计算机断层扫描(CT)冠状动脉造影等新技术的优势,可以非侵入性地且更准确地描绘这些瘘管的走行和交通情况。我们报告一例左旋支动脉至冠状窦的瘘管病例,该病例在超声心动图上被怀疑,最终通过心电图门控CT确诊。