The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 80, 225-227, Copyright © 1980 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
Right coronary artery-to-right pulmonary artery fistula: surgical correction
ME DeBakey and GM Lawrie
A case is described of a patient with angina pectoris in whom a diagnosis
of a coronary arterial fistula arising from the right coronary artery and
terminating in the right pulmonary artery had been made. The anginal pain
was relieved by closure of the defect via the lumen of the pulmonary artery
with the use of temporary cardiopulmonary bypass. We have been unable to
find a previous description of such a condition.