Coronary artery fistula with an associated aneurysm detected by 16-slice multidetector row computed tomographic angiography

Heart Vessels. 2005 Jul;20(4):184-5. doi: 10.1007/s00380-004-0810-8.

Abstract

We describe a case of a 60-year-old man with effort-induced angina pectoris. Coronary angiography showed an aneurysm in the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery. It was unclear whether it was a coronary artery aneurysm or a coronary fistula with an associated aneurysm. Three-dimensional reconstruction images from 16-slice multidetector row computed tomographic (MDCT) angiography showed an aneurysm that drained into the pulmonary artery. Images from 16-slice MDCT coronary angiography can be helpful in understanding complex coronary artery anatomy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Coronary Aneurysm / complications*
  • Coronary Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Disease / complications*
  • Coronary Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Fistula / complications*
  • Fistula / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*