Coronary artery fistula after cardiac transplantation

Can J Cardiol. 1998 Mar;14(3):463-5.

Abstract

A cardiac transplant recipient with multiple coronary artery fistulae draining into the right ventricle is described. These fistulae presumably resulted from repeated endomyocardial biopsies. The diagnosis of coronary artery fistulae was made at the annual coronary arteriography. The magnitude of the shunt remained small over eight years of follow-up.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Arterio-Arterial Fistula / etiology*
  • Biopsy / adverse effects
  • Coronary Vessels*
  • Heart Transplantation*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardium / pathology
  • Postoperative Complications