Computed Tomography Assessment of Coronary Fistulas
Coronary artery fistulas, a rare anomaly, are represented by an abnormal communication between the coronary arteries and other vascular structures or cardiac chambers and, in most cases, are detected incidentally. Regularly, they do not cause important pathological changes, but if the symptoms persi...
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| author | Jáni Laura Mester András Hodas Roxana Kovács István Benedek Theodora Bajka Balázs Benedek Imre |
| author_facet | Jáni Laura Mester András Hodas Roxana Kovács István Benedek Theodora Bajka Balázs Benedek Imre |
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| description | Coronary artery fistulas, a rare anomaly, are represented by an abnormal communication between the coronary arteries and other vascular structures or cardiac chambers and, in most cases, are detected incidentally. Regularly, they do not cause important pathological changes, but if the symptoms persist, they need to be treated. The hemodynamic impact depends on the localization and size of the fistulas. Noninvasive imaging techniques, such as magnetic resonance imaging and multislice computed tomography, are widely used for the detection of coronary anomalies. The presence of symptoms (angina, dyspnea) is the primary indication for the surgical or percutaneous closure of the communications; therefore, a systematic follow-up is indicated in all cases. We present four cases of coronary artery fistulas, without important hemodynamic complications, detected by multislice computed tomography coronary angiography. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c4527acc4c2d434eb332a132b07dcae72022-12-21T21:33:49ZengSciendoJournal of Interdisciplinary Medicine2501-81322017-06-012215515910.1515/jim-2017-0052jim-2017-0052Computed Tomography Assessment of Coronary FistulasJáni Laura0Mester András1Hodas Roxana2Kovács István3Benedek Theodora4Bajka Balázs5Benedek Imre6University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tîrgu Mureș, RomaniaUniversity of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tîrgu Mureș, RomaniaCenter of Advanced Research in Multimodality Cardiac Imaging, Cardio Med Medical Center, Tîrgu Mureș, RomaniaUniversity of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tîrgu Mureș, RomaniaUniversity of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tîrgu Mureș, RomaniaUniversity of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tîrgu Mureș, RomaniaUniversity of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tîrgu Mureș, RomaniaCoronary artery fistulas, a rare anomaly, are represented by an abnormal communication between the coronary arteries and other vascular structures or cardiac chambers and, in most cases, are detected incidentally. Regularly, they do not cause important pathological changes, but if the symptoms persist, they need to be treated. The hemodynamic impact depends on the localization and size of the fistulas. Noninvasive imaging techniques, such as magnetic resonance imaging and multislice computed tomography, are widely used for the detection of coronary anomalies. The presence of symptoms (angina, dyspnea) is the primary indication for the surgical or percutaneous closure of the communications; therefore, a systematic follow-up is indicated in all cases. We present four cases of coronary artery fistulas, without important hemodynamic complications, detected by multislice computed tomography coronary angiography.https://doi.org/10.1515/jim-2017-0052coronary artery fistulanoninvasive imagingmultislice computed tomography |
| spellingShingle | Jáni Laura Mester András Hodas Roxana Kovács István Benedek Theodora Bajka Balázs Benedek Imre Computed Tomography Assessment of Coronary Fistulas Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine coronary artery fistula noninvasive imaging multislice computed tomography |
| title | Computed Tomography Assessment of Coronary Fistulas |
| title_full | Computed Tomography Assessment of Coronary Fistulas |
| title_fullStr | Computed Tomography Assessment of Coronary Fistulas |
| title_full_unstemmed | Computed Tomography Assessment of Coronary Fistulas |
| title_short | Computed Tomography Assessment of Coronary Fistulas |
| title_sort | computed tomography assessment of coronary fistulas |
| topic | coronary artery fistula noninvasive imaging multislice computed tomography |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/jim-2017-0052 |
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