[Apical hypertrophic myocardiopathy and multiple fistulae between the coronary vessels and the left ventricle]

Rev Esp Cardiol. 1995 Nov;48(11):768-70.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

A male patient presented with symptoms of angor under effort. Echocardiography and angiocardiography revealed apical hypertrophic myocardiopathy, associated with multiple fistulas connecting the anterior descending coronary artery and right coronary artery with the cavity of the left ventricle, as demonstrated by coronariography. We comment on the hypothesis that support a causal relationship between the two anomalies, microfistulas being the possible cause of the reactive hypertrophy through the induction of a coronary steal phenomenon with local ischemia; alternatively, the myocardiopathy itself might be the cause of microfistulas formation by inducing an anomaly in the Thebesius venous system. A pathogenic relationship is suggested between the syndrome of angor and these two rare pathological entities.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Angina Pectoris / diagnosis
  • Angina Pectoris / drug therapy
  • Angina Pectoris / etiology
  • Calcium Channel Blockers / therapeutic use
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / diagnosis*
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / drug therapy
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / etiology
  • Coronary Disease / diagnosis*
  • Coronary Disease / drug therapy
  • Coronary Disease / etiology
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Fistula / diagnosis*
  • Fistula / drug therapy
  • Fistula / etiology
  • Heart Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Heart Diseases / drug therapy
  • Heart Diseases / etiology
  • Heart Ventricles
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Nitrates / therapeutic use
  • Remission Induction

Substances

  • Calcium Channel Blockers
  • Nitrates