Coronary artery-right ventricular fistula in a heart transplant patient

J Heart Transplant. 1990 Jan-Feb;9(1):32-5.

Abstract

Routine coronary angiography 2 years after heart transplantation in a 48-year-old patient revealed a fistula from a septal branch of the left anterior descending artery to the right ventricle. This finding was not present at coronary angiography 1 year before. This coronary-ventricular fistula is most probably the result of repeated endomyocardial biopsies.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angiography
  • Biopsy / adverse effects
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Disease / etiology*
  • Fistula / etiology*
  • Heart Diseases / etiology*
  • Heart Transplantation*
  • Heart Ventricles
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged