Right coronary artery fistula to the coronary sinus and right atrium associated with giant right coronary enlargement detected by transthoracic echocardiography

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作者
Bittencourt, Marcio Sommer [1 ,2 ]
Seltman, Martin [2 ]
Achenbach, Stephan [2 ]
Rost, Christian [2 ]
Ropers, Dieter [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Sch Med, Div Internal Med, Univ Hosp, Sao Paulo, Brazil
[2] Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, Dept Internal Med Cardiol Agniol 2, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany
来源
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY | 2011年 / 12卷 / 03期
关键词
Coronary fistula; Coronary anomaly; Cardiac imaging; Cardiac computed tomography; Coronary angiography;
D O I
10.1093/ejechocard/jeq180
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
We present the case of a 54-year-old female with a previous history of lung fibrosis secondary to methotrexate used for rheumatoid arthritis who was referred to cardiology evaluation due to precordial pain. Echocardiography showed biatrial enlargement with an enlarged coronary sinus and tubular image posterior to the heart. On the coronary angiogram, the right coronary artery was enlarged, and a distal fistula was identified. The patient underwent a contrast enhanced cardiac computed tomography which demonstrated an aneurysmatic right coronary artery with a distal fistula to the right atrium and coronary sinus. As the chest pain did not recur and there was a high risk of the intervention to correct coronary fistula, the patient remained on conservative treatment.
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