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Coronary Artery Fistula Causing Acute Myocardial Infarction and Right Ventricle Thrombus.

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Santos, EL; Gouveia, MM; Silva, RF; Ávila, R; Aquino, MA; Dompieri, LT; Lopes, RD
Published in: Cureus
March 13, 2018

Coronary artery fistula (CAF) is a rare congenital anomaly, which is most commonly asymptomatic. In symptomatic cases, aneurysms can occur with complications of thromboembolic events. This report describes a rare case of CAF presenting with complications of inferior acute myocardial infarction and thrombus formation in the right ventricle.

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Cureus

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2168-8184

Publication Date

March 13, 2018

Volume

10

Issue

3

Start / End Page

e2314

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • 42 Health sciences
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences
 

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Santos, E. L., Gouveia, M. M., Silva, R. F., Ávila, R., Aquino, M. A., Dompieri, L. T., & Lopes, R. D. (2018). Coronary Artery Fistula Causing Acute Myocardial Infarction and Right Ventricle Thrombus. Cureus, 10(3), e2314. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2314
Santos, Eduardo L., Milena M. Gouveia, Ricardo F. Silva, Renata Ávila, Maria A. Aquino, Luca T. Dompieri, and Renato D. Lopes. “Coronary Artery Fistula Causing Acute Myocardial Infarction and Right Ventricle Thrombus.Cureus 10, no. 3 (March 13, 2018): e2314. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2314.
Santos EL, Gouveia MM, Silva RF, Ávila R, Aquino MA, Dompieri LT, et al. Coronary Artery Fistula Causing Acute Myocardial Infarction and Right Ventricle Thrombus. Cureus. 2018 Mar 13;10(3):e2314.
Santos, Eduardo L., et al. “Coronary Artery Fistula Causing Acute Myocardial Infarction and Right Ventricle Thrombus.Cureus, vol. 10, no. 3, Mar. 2018, p. e2314. Pubmed, doi:10.7759/cureus.2314.
Santos EL, Gouveia MM, Silva RF, Ávila R, Aquino MA, Dompieri LT, Lopes RD. Coronary Artery Fistula Causing Acute Myocardial Infarction and Right Ventricle Thrombus. Cureus. 2018 Mar 13;10(3):e2314.

Published In

Cureus

DOI

ISSN

2168-8184

Publication Date

March 13, 2018

Volume

10

Issue

3

Start / End Page

e2314

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • 42 Health sciences
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences