Vol 70, No 12 (2012)
Case studies
Published online: 2012-12-22
A continuous murmur in female patient after traffic injury
DOI: 10.33963/v.kp.79043
Kardiol Pol 2012;70(12):1283-1285.
Abstract
A case of a 33 year-old female with continuous murmur was admitted to the hospital for diagnostic purposes. TEE was inconclusive.
Coronary angiography revealed an aneurysm of left anterior descending with the fistula to the right ventricle. The patient
underwent implantation of inset of left internal mammary artery graft and ligation of fistula during open heart surgery.
Keywords: traumatic coronary artery fistulaleft anterior descendingleft internal mammary arteryopen heart surgery