Surgical treatment of a left anterior descending artery to the main pulmonary artery fistula

J Card Surg. 2020 Jan;35(1):239-241. doi: 10.1111/jocs.14288. Epub 2019 Oct 22.

Abstract

We report a case of surgical treatment of a 58-year-old symptomatic patient with large coronary artery fistula, which drained from the left anterior descending artery into the main pulmonary artery (PA), and concomitant large patent foramen ovale. The surgery was performed through a median sternotomy with aortobicaval total cardiopulmonary bypass. The PA was incised. The fistula was identified 5 mm above the anterior leaflet of the pulmonary valve and was closed off using a prolene suture. Afterward, the atrium septum defect was closed with a Dacron patch via the standard right atrium access. There were no postoperative complications.

Keywords: congenital heart disease; coronary arteriovenous fistula; coronary artery fistula.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures
  • Coronary Artery Disease / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Artery / surgery*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vascular Fistula / surgery*