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Right coronary artery fistula to the coronary sinus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2012

Miryam Martínez-Pascual ,
Tomás Vicente-Vera  and
Manuel Villegas-García
Miryam Martínez-Pascual*
Affiliation:
Cardiology Service, Santa Lucía University Hospital, Cartagena, Murcia, España
Tomás Vicente-Vera
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Reina Sofía University Hospital, Murcia, España
Manuel Villegas-García
Affiliation:
Cardiology Service, Santa Lucía University Hospital, Cartagena, Murcia, España
*
Correspondence to: M. Martínez-Pascual, MD, Cardiology Service, Calle Mezquita, S/N, CP 30202 Cartagena, Murcia, España. Tel: +34 968326989; Mobile: +34 659559771; Fax: +34 968326989; E-mail: miryammpascual@gmail.com
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Abstract

We report the case of a 26-year-old asymptomatic woman, who presented for consultation after the detection of a cardiac murmur in a medical routine recognition. Doppler echocardiography and the 64-row multidetector computed tomography showed the presence of a significant enlargement of the right coronary artery winding in the contour of the right ventricle and its fistulosa connection to the coronary sinus. Although the coronary fistula in our patient had a considerable size, there was no ventricular dilation, and thus we chose, according to the desire of the patient, not to intervene, and to evaluate her regularly.

Keywords

Fistulacongenitalcoronary sinusmultidetector computer tomography
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , February 2013 , pp. 114 - 116
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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