Rupture of a giant saccular aneurysm of coronary arteriovenous fistulas

Jpn Heart J. 2000 Sep;41(5):659-64. doi: 10.1536/jhj.41.659.

Abstract

A 58-year-old Japanese woman was admitted to our hospital because of chest pain. A continuous murmur was detected at the left parasternal area. Electrocardiogram showed ST elevation in leads V2, V3 and V4. Chest computed tomography and echocardiography demonstrated pericardial effusion and a large mass which was adjacent to the pulmonary artery. An abnormal blood flow was detected in the mass by Doppler echocardiography. Coronary angiography confirmed that the mass was a giant aneurysm of coronary arteriovenous fistula arising from both the left and right coronary arteries. This patient had no symptoms until rupture of the fistula. Rupture of a coronary arteriovenous fistula is very rare but can be a cause of chest pain and pericardial effusion.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / complications
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / diagnosis*
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / complications
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / diagnosis*
  • Chest Pain / etiology
  • Coronary Aneurysm / complications
  • Coronary Aneurysm / diagnosis*
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Echocardiography
  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Pericardial Effusion / etiology
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed