[Multiple coronary artery fistula to left ventricle as a cause of myocardial ischemia]

Rev Esp Cardiol. 1994 Jun;47(6):410-2.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

We describe a patient with effort angina in whom the coronary arteriography revealed a rare type of coronary arterial fistula. All three major coronary arteries communicated with the left ventricle through a plexus of thin vessels. Both exercise stress test and thallium-dipiridamol demonstrated reversible myocardial ischemia. We think this case supports the clinical significance of the coronary steal phenomenon induced by the coronary arterial fistulae.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Arteriovenous Fistula / complications*
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / complications*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Ischemia / etiology*