Coronary fistula of right coronary artery to vena cava superior and ectasia of pulmonary artery

A Koch; C Sebening; R DeSimone; L Jahn; F-U Sack; S Hagl

doi:10.1007/s00392-005-0291-5

Coronary fistula of right coronary artery to vena cava superior and ectasia of pulmonary artery

Z Kardiol. 2005 Dec;94(12):813-6. doi: 10.1007/s00392-005-0291-5.

Authors

A Koch¹, C Sebening, R DeSimone, L Jahn, F-U Sack, S Hagl

Affiliation

¹ University of Heidelberg, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. [email protected]

PMID: 16382382
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-005-0291-5

Abstract

We report on a patient with coronary heart disease, a coronary fistula of right coronary artery to vena cava superior and pulmonary hypertension. Combined with coronary artery revascularization, the coronary fistula was closed successfully.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Arteriovenous Fistula / complications
Arteriovenous Fistula / diagnosis*
Arteriovenous Fistula / surgery
Coronary Artery Bypass
Coronary Artery Disease / complications
Coronary Artery Disease / diagnosis*
Coronary Artery Disease / surgery
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / complications
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / diagnosis*
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / surgery
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / complications
Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnosis*
Hypertension, Pulmonary / surgery
Male
Middle Aged
Treatment Outcome
Vena Cava, Inferior / abnormalities*
Vena Cava, Inferior / surgery