Clinical & Experimental Cardiology
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ISSN: 2155-9880
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ISSN: 2155-9880
+44 1300 500008
Department of Cardiology, Dalal Diam Hospital, Dakar, Senegal
Case Report
Accidental Discovery of Coronary Fistula and Left Megadolicho Coronary Artery: About One Case in Dakar
Author(s): Waly Niang Mboup*, Joseph Salvador Mingou, Marguerite Téning Diouf, Demba Waré Baldé, Fatou Aw, Simon Antoine Sarr, Mouhamadou Bamba Ndiaye, Maboury Diao and Abdoul Kane
We report a very rare case of a 66-year-old female patient with coronary fistula and left mega-coronary heart disease.
This lady was admitted for exploration of a chronic constrictive pericarditis. The clinical presentation was a NYHA
stage III dyspnea and atypical precordial pain, indicative of coronary angiography following right catheterization. The
coronary angiography revealed a left megadolicho coronary artery; the contrast enhancement of the right ventricle
suggested a fistula between the left coronary artery and the ventricle. The transthoracic echocardiography confirmed
the presence of a communication between the left coronary and the right ventricle (coronaro-cameral fistula) with an
acceleration of the flow on color Doppler. So far, she did not have her surgical cure but no complications have been
revealed... View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2155-9880.22.13.751