Left circumflex coronary artery to left atrial fistula in a patient with mitral regurgitation after excision of a left atrial myxoma.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Acquired coronary artery to left atrial fistulas are rare and previously only described in mitral stenosis associated with left atrial thrombus or coronary arteriosclerosis. We present the case of a patient who developed a left circumflex coronary artery to left atrial fistula associated with mitral regurgitation 12 years after excision of a left atrial myxoma. This was successfully ligated at the time of mitral valve replacement.
Medical subject headings
- Cardiomyopathies
- Coronary Disease
- Fistula
- Heart Neoplasms
- Mitral Valve Insufficiency
- Myxoma
- Postoperative Complications
- Vascular Fistula