Abstract
An 86-year-old woman with history of hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and coronary
artery disease was admitted with new-onset congestive heart failure and pneumonia.
She underwent coronary angiography after suffering a non-ST elevation myocardial infarction.
There was severe coronary artery disease in addition to coronary artery–pulmonary
fistulas involving proximal right coronary artery and a branch of left main coronary
artery.
Coronary artery fistula (CAF) is an abnormal communication between one or more coronary
arteries and great vessels or a cardiac chamber. We reviewed 15 cases of CAFs published
in PubMed and studied the clinical features of CAFs.
Keywords
congestive heart failure - fistulas - cardiac catheterization - angiography - coronary
arteries