[Circumflex coronary artery fistula during staphylococcal aortic valve endocarditis]

Kardiol Pol. 2010 May;68(5):592-4.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

We presented a very rare case of the fistula to coronary artery during staphylococcal aortic valve endocarditis in a young man. The tranesophageal echocardiography detected vegetation on aortic valve leaflets and large regurgitatin. During transesophageal echocardiography the peri-anular multi-chamber abscess formation and fistulous communication to circumflex coronary artery was detected.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aortic Valve* / pathology
  • Coronary Artery Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Artery Disease / etiology*
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / complications*
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Valve Diseases / complications*
  • Heart Valve Diseases / diagnosis
  • Heart Ventricles / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Staphylococcal Infections / complications*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / diagnostic imaging
  • Vascular Fistula / diagnostic imaging
  • Vascular Fistula / etiology*