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Coronary artery to main pulmonary artery fistulae via a Vieussens' arterial ring

Mohammad I. HirzallahaCorresponding Author Informationemail address, Eric Horlick, MDCM, FRCPC, FSCAIb, Leon Zelovitzky, MD, FRCPCc

Received 11 December 2009; accepted 29 May 2010. published online 07 June 2010.
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Abstract 

Coronary artery fistulae are rare abnormal communications between a coronary artery and a cardiac chamber or a great vessel which may shunt blood flow away from the myocardial capillary network. Vieussens arterial ring is usually described as a collateral pathway between the left anterior descending and right coronary arteries, pathology of Vieussens arterial ring are exceedingly rare. We present a case of a complex coronary artery to pulmonary artery fistula via an aneurysmal Vieussens arterial ring, with emphasis on computerized tomography and invasive angiography findings and management.

a University of Jordan, Queen Rania Street, Amman, Jordan

b University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital

c Division of Chest Radiology, Department of Medical Imaging, University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital

Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

 Conflict of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

PII: S1934-5925(10)00355-2

doi:10.1016/j.jcct.2010.05.017