Coronary arterioluminal communications in routine angiography

Visualization of the left ventricular cavity from coronary arterioventricular communications is rarely encountered in routine coronary angiography. We report 14 patients, of 5,500 consecutive cardiac catheterizations, in whom these communications were evident during coronary angiography. All 14 pati...

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Published in:Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis 1998-01, Vol.43 (1), p.29-32
Main Authors: Elian, Dan, Zahav, Yedael Har, Agranat, Oren, Rath, Shmuel, Di Segni, Elio
Format: Article
Language:English
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Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiology. Vascular system
catheterization
Coronary Angiography
coronary arterioluminal communications
Coronary Disease - diagnostic imaging
Coronary heart disease
Female
fistula
Fistula - diagnostic imaging
Heart
Heart Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Heart Ventricles - diagnostic imaging
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Vascular Fistula - diagnostic imaging
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Summary:Visualization of the left ventricular cavity from coronary arterioventricular communications is rarely encountered in routine coronary angiography. We report 14 patients, of 5,500 consecutive cardiac catheterizations, in whom these communications were evident during coronary angiography. All 14 patients had angina pectoris; in each the arterioluminal communication originated from the left anterior descending coronary artery. Two patients had evidence of anterior wall ischemia despite a normal left anterior descending coronary artery, suggesting that a possible steal phenomenon is responsible for the myocardial ischemia. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Diagn. 43:29–32, 1998. © 1998 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
ISSN:0098-6569
1097-0304
DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199801)43:1<29::AID-CCD8>3.0.CO;2-A