1. Coronary fistula between the left anterior descending coronary artery and the pulmonary artery: Two case reports
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Ayman Sallam, Abdulaziz Al Baradai, Sameh Sayed, Mazin H. Fadl, Mohamed F. Ibrahim, and Abdelfatah Elasfar
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Ejection fraction ,Bypass grafting ,business.industry ,Case Report ,Anterior Descending Coronary Artery ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,Coronary fistula ,Coronary artery disease ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Internal medicine ,medicine.artery ,Pulmonary artery ,medicine ,Cardiology ,cardiovascular diseases ,Myocardial infarction ,business ,Artery - Abstract
Coronary artery fistulae are rare congenital or acquired connections between the coronary vessels and the cardiac chambers or other vascular structures. We present two consecutive cases of coronary fistulae between the proximal left anterior descending artery (LAD) and the main pulmonary artery. Both cases where admitted with history of acute coronary syndromes and had multivessel coronary disease along with coronary pulmonary fistulae. The two cases were managed by coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and repair of the fistulae.
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- 2012
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