Minimal Invasive Coronary Artery Fistula Ligation

Minimal Invasive Coronary Artery Fistula Ligation

A coronary artery fistula was surgically ligated in a 38-year-old woman via a left anterior mini-thoracotomy without the use of cardiopulmonary bypass. In selected cases, this surgical approach can provide an excellent surgical exposure for coronary artery fistula ligation. It also offers an excellent cosmetic result and shorter hospital stay.

Coronary Artery-Atrioventricular Fistula

ALTHOUGH wounds of the heart have interested man from antiquity, it was not until 1896 that the first successful repair of a cardiac laceration was carried out by Rehn.1 By 1958 with the advent of modern diagnostic and surgical technics there were many comprehensive reports of penetrating heart wounds with survival (cited by Parmley et al.2 ). In civilian practice the majority of such penetrati...

Congenital coronary artery fistula.

Bilateral Coronary Artery Fistula.

Coronary artery anomalies include anomalies of origin, termination, structure or course. Coronary artery fistulae (CAF) are classified as abnormalities of termination and are considered a major congenital anomaly. A coronary artery fistula involves a sizable communication between a coronary artery, bypassing the myocardial capillary bed and entering either a chamber of the heart (coronary-camer...

Coronary artery fistula.

The diagnosis of coronary artery fistula was difficult to confirm and assess until the advent of cardiac catheterization and selective angiography. The first description of this condition was in 1865 by Krause. Subsequent early reports include those by Cayla (1885), Abbott (1906), Trevor (1911), jBlakeway (1918), Halpert (1930), and Harris (1937). From 1955 onwards there were increasing numbers...