Surgical treatment of multiple coronary-to-pulmonary artery fistulas with severe coronary artery stenosis

Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 May;68(5):542-545. doi: 10.1007/s11748-019-01118-2. Epub 2019 Apr 1.

Abstract

A coronary artery fistula (CAF) is an abnormal connection between a coronary artery and a cardiac chamber or a great vessel. CAF draining into the main pulmonary artery, called coronary-to-pulmonary artery fistula (CPAF), is one of the common variations of CAF. Although there is no definitive surgical indication of CPAF, it is treated concomitantly during other cardiac surgeries. Here, we present the case of a patient who underwent surgical closure of multiple CPAFs and coronary artery bypass grafting under cardiopulmonary bypass.

Keywords: Coronary artery bypass grafting; Coronary artery fistula; Coronary–pulmonary artery fistula.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Arterio-Arterial Fistula / complications
  • Arterio-Arterial Fistula / surgery*
  • Cardiopulmonary Bypass
  • Coronary Artery Bypass
  • Coronary Stenosis / complications
  • Coronary Stenosis / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Artery / surgery*