Coronary Artery Fistula Presenting as a Rare Cause of Heart Failure

Authors

  • Pawan Suri Head and Chief Interventional Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology, SGL Charitable Superspeciality Hospital, Garha Road Jalandhar, Punjab, India
  • Kanika Kinra Senior Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, SGL Charitable Superspeciality Hospital, Garha Road Jalandhar, Punjab, India
  • Shyamli Sharma Medical Officer, Department of Cardiology, SGL Charitable Superspeciality Hospital, Garha Road Jalandhar, Punjab, India
  • Manmeet Pal Kaur Medical Officer, Department of Cardiology, SGL Charitable Superspeciality Hospital, Garha Road Jalandhar, Punjab, India

Keywords:

Coronary artery fistula, Heart failure, Superior vena cava

Abstract

Coronary artery fistula (CAF) is an abnormal connection between one of the coronary arteries and a heart chamber or another blood vessel. The communication of the coronary artery could be with the lumen of a cardiac chamber (right ventricle - 41%, right atrium - 26%, left atrium - 5%, left ventricle - 3%), coronary sinus (7%), superior vena cava (SVC) (1%), pulmonary artery (17%) or the pulmonary vein. Here we present a rare case of CAF draining in SVC, which presented as heart failure, but on subsequent workup showed presence of fistula which was then surgically corrected successfully.

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Published

10-10-2021

How to Cite

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Suri P, Kinra K, Sharma S, Kaur MP. Coronary Artery Fistula Presenting as a Rare Cause of Heart Failure. JK Science [Internet]. 2021 Oct. 10 [cited 2024 Nov. 21];23(4):220-2. Available from: https://journal.jkscience.org/index.php/JK-Science/article/view/92

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CASE REPORTS