Presentation and Management of a Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysm with a Fistula to the Right Ventricle

A 27-year-old female presented to our emergency department in ventricular tachycardia. During her workup, she was found to have an extremely rare giant aneurysmal left anterior descending artery (LAD) ending in a coronary fistula to the right ventricle (RV). After stabilization, a variety of treatme...

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Main Authors: Nicholas Peterman, Bradley Kaptur, Naveed Adoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Cardiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/7700086
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description A 27-year-old female presented to our emergency department in ventricular tachycardia. During her workup, she was found to have an extremely rare giant aneurysmal left anterior descending artery (LAD) ending in a coronary fistula to the right ventricle (RV). After stabilization, a variety of treatment options were considered, as there is no standard first-line treatment.
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spelling doaj-art-0574894d85cc42dba0f3a1ded428015b2025-02-03T01:06:34ZengWileyCase Reports in Cardiology2090-64122022-01-01202210.1155/2022/7700086Presentation and Management of a Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysm with a Fistula to the Right VentricleNicholas Peterman0Bradley Kaptur1Naveed Adoni2Carle Illinois College of MedicineCarle Illinois College of MedicineCarle Illinois College of MedicineA 27-year-old female presented to our emergency department in ventricular tachycardia. During her workup, she was found to have an extremely rare giant aneurysmal left anterior descending artery (LAD) ending in a coronary fistula to the right ventricle (RV). After stabilization, a variety of treatment options were considered, as there is no standard first-line treatment.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/7700086
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Presentation and Management of a Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysm with a Fistula to the Right Ventricle
Case Reports in Cardiology
title Presentation and Management of a Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysm with a Fistula to the Right Ventricle
title_full Presentation and Management of a Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysm with a Fistula to the Right Ventricle
title_fullStr Presentation and Management of a Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysm with a Fistula to the Right Ventricle
title_full_unstemmed Presentation and Management of a Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysm with a Fistula to the Right Ventricle
title_short Presentation and Management of a Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysm with a Fistula to the Right Ventricle
title_sort presentation and management of a giant coronary artery aneurysm with a fistula to the right ventricle
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/7700086
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