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Case Reports
. 2014 Dec;11(4):441-3.
doi: 10.5114/kitp.2014.47349. Epub 2014 Nov 30.

Coronary artery fistula: a huge conus branch aneurysm

Fatemeh Moodi  1 , Sarah Tayebi  1 , Jalal Soltani  1 , Fahime Sadat Saleh  2 , Hami Ashraf  1 , Afsoon Fazli Nezhad  1
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Coronary artery fistula: a huge conus branch aneurysm

Fatemeh Moodi et al. Kardiochir Torakochirurgia Pol. 2014 Dec.

Abstract
in English, Polish

Coronary artery fistulas are rare coronary-cardiac anomalies, which occasionally become symptomatic. We herein report a case of a 54-year-old woman with a huge conus branch aneurysm resulting from an abnormal fistula between the conus branch and the upper portion of the right atrium, which was successfully removed by surgery.

Przetoki tętnic wieńcowych stanowią rzadką anomalię sercowo-wieńcową, która czasami może dawać objawy. W pracy przedstawiono przypadek 54-letniej pacjentki z ogromnym tętniakiem gałęzi stożka sercowego spowodowanym nieprawidłową przetoką pomiędzy gałęzią stożka a górną częścią prawego przedsionka. Zmiana ta została skutecznie usunięta podczas operacji.

Keywords: conus branch aneurysm; coronary artery fistula.

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Fig. 1
Transthoracic echocardiography (apical 4-chamber view): huge cystic cardiac mass located at the interatrial septum with a compressive effect on both atria
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Fig. 2
A) Transthoracic echocardiography (parasternal view): dilatation at the end of the RCA with continuing abnormal flow from the RCA to the cyst. B) Apical 4-chamber view: color view revealed swirling color flow in the circumference of the cyst
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