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Dual Fistulas of Ascending Aorta and Coronary Artery to Pulmonary Artery

  • Kim, Myoung-Joon (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Maryknoll Medical Center) ;
  • Kwon, Hyuk-Yong (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Maryknoll Medical Center) ;
  • Hwang, Chi-Sung (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Maryknoll Medical Center) ;
  • Kang, Ji-Hyun (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Maryknoll Medical Center) ;
  • Kim, Hyeon-Jin (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Maryknoll Medical Center) ;
  • Kim, Seong-Man (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Maryknoll Medical Center) ;
  • Lee, Hyeon-Gook (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Maryknoll Medical Center) ;
  • Kim, Tae-Ik (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Maryknoll Medical Center) ;
  • Cho, Kyoung-Im (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Maryknoll Medical Center)
  • Published : 2011.04.30
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Abstract

Coronary artery fistula to pulmonary artery is common. However, to the best of our knowledge, a case of coronary artery fis-tula to pulmonary artery associated with aortopulmonary fistula remains unreported. We herein report a 64-year-old female with a left anterior descending coronary artery and ascending aorta to pulmonary artery fistulas, and conduct a brief review of the literature.

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