Cardiac imaging in a symptomatic patient with multiple coronary artery-left ventricular microfistulae

Heart Vessels. 2007 Nov;22(6):428-31. doi: 10.1007/s00380-007-0992-y. Epub 2007 Nov 26.

Abstract

We present the case of a 44-year-old woman with acute coronary syndrome and multiple coronary artery-left ventricular microfistulae at angiography. To evaluate the clinical significance of this observation and to obtain further insights into this rare disease, the patient was further examined with echocardiography and both magnetic resonance imaging and single-photon emission computed tomography, which showed considerable abnormalities.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Artery Disease / diagnosis*
  • Coronary Artery Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / diagnosis*
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / diagnostic imaging
  • Echocardiography
  • Female
  • Heart Ventricles
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
  • Vascular Fistula / diagnosis*
  • Vascular Fistula / diagnostic imaging