Surgical Treatment of Bilateral Aneurysmal Coronary to Pulmonary Artery Fistulas Associated With Severe Atherosclerosis

A 39-year-old diabetic patient with an old inferior wall infarction presented with disabling angina pectoris, despite medical treatment. Coronary angiography showed severe triple-vessel coronary artery disease, and bilateral coronary to pulmonary fistulas originating from the right coronary artery a...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery 2007, Vol.83 (1), p.291-293
Hauptverfasser:	Said, Salah A.M., MD, de Voogt, Willem G., MD, PhD, Hamad, Mohamed Soliman, MD, Schonberger, Jacques, MD, PhD
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Arterio-Arterial Fistula - surgery Atherosclerosis (general aspects, experimental research) Biological and medical sciences Blood and lymphatic vessels Cardiology. Vascular system Cardiothoracic Surgery Coronary Aneurysm - surgery Coronary Artery Disease - complications Coronary Artery Disease - surgery Coronary Vessel Anomalies - surgery Humans Male Medical sciences Pulmonary Artery - abnormalities Surgery Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgery of the heart Surgery of the respiratory system
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Zusammenfassung:	A 39-year-old diabetic patient with an old inferior wall infarction presented with disabling angina pectoris, despite medical treatment. Coronary angiography showed severe triple-vessel coronary artery disease, and bilateral coronary to pulmonary fistulas originating from the right coronary artery and the left anterior descending coronary artery. Both coronary artery saphenous vein bypass grafting and ligation of the fistulas was performed.
ISSN:	0003-4975 1552-6259
DOI:	10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.05.033