Surgical treatment of fistula communication between right coronary artery and right ventricle: a case report

Aşkın Ali Korkmaz,

Aşkın Ali Korkmaz¹, Ünal Aydın², Burak Onan¹, Burak Tamtekin¹, Kerem Oral¹, Cihat Bakay¹, Vedat Aytekin³

¹Özel Florence Nightingale Hastanesi, Kalp ve Damar Cerrahisi Kliniği, İstanbul
²Bezm-i Alem Valide Sultan Vakıf Gureba Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, İstanbul
³Özel Florence Nightingale Hastanesi, Kardiyoloji Kliniği, İstanbul

Fistulae between coronary arteries and cardiac chambers are a rare and surgical intervention-requiring pathology. In this article, we present a 73-year-old male patient admitted to our clinic with fatigue and dyspnea. On examination with echocardiography and coronary angiography arteriovenous fistula communication between the right coronary artey and right ventricle was detected. Isolation and ligation of the fistula was performed through sternotomy on a beating heart. The patient was discharged on the fifth postoperative day without any complication.

Keywords : Coronary artery fistula; coronary circulation; coronary vessel anomalies; fistula ligation

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