Giant Coronary Artery Fistula Between the Left Main Coronary and the Superior Vena Cava Complicated by Coronary Artery Dissection

Ibarra, J.I. Sáez de; Fernández-Tarrío, Rubén; Forteza, J.; Bonnín, Oriol

doi:10.1016/s1885-5857(10)70152-3

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“…Both ipsilateral (4 ×) and contralateral (1 ×) to the shunt, infarctions (2%) were reported only in patients with CVFs where the fistulas communicated to the right or left side of the vascular system; PA [9,27,[47][48][49] , SVC [10,50] , RVOT [12,51] and PV [52] . The mean age was 60.8 years (range, 51-78 years).…”

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Current characteristics of congenital coronary artery fistulas in adults: A decade of global experience

Saïd

2011

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AIM:To describe the characteristics of coronary artery fistulas (CAFs) in adults, including donor vessels and whether termination was cameral or vascular. METHODS:A PubMed search was performed for articles between 2000 and 2010 to describe the current characteristics of congenital CAFs in adults. A group of 304 adults was collected. Clinical data, presentations, diagnostic modalities, angiographic fistula findings and treatment strategies were gathered and analyzed. With regard to CAF origin, the subjects were tabulated into unilateral, bilateral or multilateral fistulas and compared. The group was stratified into two major subsets according to the mode of termination; coronary-cameral fistulas (CCFs) and coronary-vascular fistulas (CVFs). A comparison was made between the two subsets. Fistula-related major complications [aneurysm formation, infective endocarditis (IE), myocardial infarction (MI), rupture, pericardial effusion (PE) and tamponade] were described. Coronary artery-ventricular multiple micro-fistulas and acquired CAFs were excluded as well as anomalous origin of the coronary arteries from the pulmonary artery (PA). RESULTS:A total of 304 adult subjects (47% male) with congenital CAFs were included. The mean age was 51.4 years (range, 18-86 years), with 20% older than 65 years of age. Dyspnea (31%), chest pain (23%) and angina pectoris (21%) were the prevalent clinical presentations. Continuous cardiac murmur was heard in 82% of the subjects. Of the applied diagnostic modalities, chest X-ray showed an abnormal shadow in 4% of the subjects. The cornerstone in establishing the diagnosis was echocardiography (68%), and conventional contrast coronary angiography (97%). However, multislice detector computed tomography was performed in 16%. The unilateral fistula originated from the left in 69% and from the right coronary artery in 31% of the subjects. Most patients (80%) had unilateral fistulas, 18% presented with bilateral fistulas and 2% with multilateral fistulas. Termination into the PA was reported in unilateral (44%), bilateral (73%) and multilateral (75%) fistulas. Fistulas with multiple origins (bilateral and multilateral) terminated more frequently into the PA (29%) than into other sites (10.6%) (P = 0.000). Aneurysmal formation was found in 14% of all subjects. Spontaneous rupture, PE and tamponade were reported in 2% of all subjects. In CCFs, the mean age was 46.2 years whereas in CVFs mean age was 55.6 years (P = 0.003). IE (4%) was exclusively associated with CCFs, while MI (2%) was only found in subjects with CVFs. Surgical ligation was frequently chosen for unilateral (57%), bilateral (51%) and multilateral fistulas (66%), but percutaneous therapeutic embolization (PTE) was increasingly reported (23%, 17% and 17%, respectively). CONCLUSION:Congenital CAFs are currently detected in elderly patients. Bilateral fistulas are more frequently reported and PTE is more frequently applied as a therapeutic strategy in adults.

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“…With these advanced diagnostic techniques many unilateral [10][11][12][13][14][15] , bilateral [16][17][18][19][20] and multilateral [21] fistulas have been diagnosed. Many reports from various parts of the world recording congenital CAFs in adults have been published during the last decade [22][23][24][25][26][27][28] .…”

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Current characteristics of congenital coronary artery fistulas in adults: A decade of global experience

Saïd

2011

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“…La aparición de fístulas coronarias gigantes como la de nuestra paciente es aún más infrecuente, no se conoce su real prevalencia, y sólo se describen casos aislados en la literatura 9,18 .…”

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“…Otras, aun sin crecer pueden ser fruto de complicaciones, como trombosis en el vaso nativo, aneurisma y ruptura o endocarditis bacteriana entre ellas 2,8,9,[13][14][15] .…”

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“…Dentro de ellas están las fístulas coronarias, que se definen como conexiones anormales entre una arteria coronaria y una cámara cardiaca o un vaso intraaórtico mayor, la mayor parte de ellas de origen congénito 2,3 , pero, en algunas ocasiones pueden ser adquiridas [4][5][6] . Su significación clínica no esta muy bien estudiada, se considera que la mayor parte de ellas no presentan síntomas, pero en algunos casos pueden ocasionar síntomas de isquemia o insuficiencia cardiaca 7 y también ser objeto de complicaciones como endocarditis bacteriana, disección, trombosis e infarto al miocardio 8,9 . El objetivo de esta presentación es mostrar la presentación clínica, angiográfica, el tratamiento y la evolución a largo plazo en un paciente con fístula coronaria congénita gigante, primero de estos casos descritos en el país y en base a este caso revisar el tema en relación a esos puntos mencionados.…”

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Fístula coronaria gigante. Presentación clínica, caracterización angiográfica, tratamiento y seguimiento a largo plazo: Caso clínico

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Dussaillant

2016

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Giant Coronary Artery Fistula Between the Left Main Coronary and the Superior Vena Cava Complicated by Coronary Artery Dissection

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Current characteristics of congenital coronary artery fistulas in adults: A decade of global experience

Current characteristics of congenital coronary artery fistulas in adults: A decade of global experience

Fístula coronaria gigante. Presentación clínica, caracterización angiográfica, tratamiento y seguimiento a largo plazo: Caso clínico

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