Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery Vol46,No5

Coronary-Pulmonary Artery Fistula Complicated with a Left Coronary Artery

Masahiro Saito* Dai Kawashima* Satoru Maeba*
Minoru Ono**

(Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Takeda General Hospital*, Fukushima, Japan, and Department of Cardiac Surgery, The University of Tokyo**, Tokyo, Japan)

An 84-year-old woman was referred due to an abnormal shadow on her chest X-ray. Computed tomography and coronary angiography revealed a left coronary artery aneurysm associated with a complex coronary-pulmonary artery fistula. We present our surgical strategy used to treat this complicated pathology.

 

Jpn. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. 46:217-221(2017)

Keywords:coronary artery aneurysm;coronary-pulmonary artery fistula;surgical resection

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