A rare case of giant left circumflex coronary artery fistula to coronary sinus in patient with persistent left superior vena cava and bicuspid aortic valve.
Rami M AbazidAashish GoelaAli IslamSarah BlissettPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2022)
A 61-year-old male presented with symptoms of decompensated heart failure and cardiogenic shock. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography showed severely impaired left ventricular (LV) systolic function (LVEF of 20-25%), bicuspid aortic valve with moderate aortic insufficiency and no significant stenosis, dilated coronary sinus and a tortuous vascular structure in the left-sided atrioventricular groove. Cardiac computed tomography confirmed the diagnosis of persistent left superior vena cava and a giant coronary artery fistula to the coronary sinus. Cardiac magnetic resonance illustrated non-specific late gadolinium enhancement in the mid-wall of the septum. The patient was treated medically and with cardiac re-synchronization therapy.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- aortic stenosis
- aortic valve
- coronary artery
- vena cava
- heart failure
- rare case
- aortic valve replacement
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- pulmonary artery
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- magnetic resonance
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- computed tomography
- acute myocardial infarction
- inferior vena cava
- mitral valve
- left atrial
- case report
- coronary artery disease
- ejection fraction
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance imaging
- acute heart failure
- positron emission tomography
- blood pressure
- stem cells
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- pulmonary embolism
- depressive symptoms
- sleep quality
- hepatitis b virus