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Traumatic fistula between the left anterior descending coronary artery and a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm

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A 44-year-old man presented with a fistula of the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery to a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm 6 months after a stab injury in the left anterior chest. The color Doppler echocardiography suggested, and angiography confirmed, the diagnosis and the lesion was treated successfully. Traumatic coronary artery fistulas are rare complications, and color Doppler echocardiography proved useful for the diagnosis.

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  1. Yoshito Tsushima M.D.

    Present address: Department of Radiology, National Defense Medical College, 3-2 Namiki, Tokorozawa, 359, Saitama, Japan

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Turku University Hospital, Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8, SF-20520, Turku, Finland

    Yoshito Tsushima M.D., Arto Haapanen, Peter B. Dean & Jorma Mikkola

  2. Department of Clinical Physiology, Turku University Hospital, Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8, SF-20520, Turku, Finland

    Markku Saraste

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Tsushima, Y., Haapanen, A., Dean, P.B. et al. Traumatic fistula between the left anterior descending coronary artery and a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 19, 272–274 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02577648

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