Schicchi Nicolò, Fogante Marco, Oliva Matteo, Schicchi Fabrizio, Giovagnoni Andrea
Radiology Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria "Ospedali Riuniti", Ancona 60126, Italy.
Ospedale Cardiologico "Lancisi", Ancona 60126, Italy.
Radiol Case Rep. 2019 May 23;14(8):911-916. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2019.04.020. eCollection 2019 Aug.
Coronary artery fistula is an abnormal vascular communication of coronary artery with cardiac chambers or any segment of the systemic or pulmonary circulation. The prevalence is 0.9% of all coronary anomalies. Coronary artery fistula arises from the right coronary artery in approximately 50.0% of patients, from left coronary artery in approximately 42.0% of patients, and from both in approximately 5.0% of patients. Low-pressure structures are the most common sites of drainage of the coronary fistulas. If a large left-to-right shunt exists, it can be associated with potential complications, such as arterial aneurysm. Here we report an extremely rare case of a 76-year-old woman with bilateral coronary-to-pulmonary artery fistulas associated with giant aneurysms, detected by coronary angiography and confirmed with coronary computed tomography.
冠状动脉瘘是冠状动脉与心腔或体循环或肺循环的任何节段之间的异常血管交通。其患病率占所有冠状动脉异常的0.9%。约50.0%的患者冠状动脉瘘起源于右冠状动脉,约42.0%的患者起源于左冠状动脉,约5.0%的患者起源于双侧冠状动脉。低压结构是冠状动脉瘘最常见的引流部位。如果存在大量左向右分流,可能会伴有诸如动脉动脉瘤等潜在并发症。在此,我们报告一例极其罕见的病例,一名76岁女性患有双侧冠状动脉至肺动脉瘘并伴有巨大动脉瘤,通过冠状动脉造影检测到,并经冠状动脉计算机断层扫描证实。