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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002; 50(2): 109-111
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-26695
Case Report
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Iatrogenic Coronary Artery Fistula
in a Patient with a Single Coronary
Artery

H.  Gasparovic1 , W.  Novick2 , D.  Anic1 , D.  Belina1 , Z.  Gjergja3 , I.  Jelic1
  • 1Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Rebro, Zagreb, Croatia
  • 2Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Tennessee, Memphis, USA
  • 3Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Rebro, Zagreb, Croatia
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Publication Date:
30 April 2002 (online)

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Abstract

Here, we report on a case of coronary artery fistula that developed following the repair of a double-outlet right ventricle (DORV) with infundibular pulmonary stenosis in a patient who has a single coronary artery. The major concern in this case was that of reduction of coronary blood flow from the patient's only coronary artery to the myocardium distal to the fistula.

Key words

Coronary artery fistula - Double-outlet right ventricle - Single coronary artery

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Correspondence

Hrvoje GasparovicMD 

Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Rebro

Kispaticeva 12

10000 Zagreb

Croatia

Phone: + 385-1-2388-647.

Fax: + 385-1-2421-595

Email: hgasparovic@yahoo.com