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Choi, Kim, Shin, Lee, Kim, Lim, Kim, and Lee: A Case of Coronary Artery-Left Ventricular Microfistulae Demonstrated by Transthoracic Doppler Echocardiography

Abstract

The coronary artery-left ventricular microfistula is an extremely rare congenital anomaly. Little is known about their epidemiologic and clinical features. Moreover, to our knowledge, only two cases of coronary artery-left ventricular microfistulae demonstrated by transthoracic doppler echocardiography have been reported in the literature. Recently we exerienced a case of coronary artery-left ventricular microfistulae demonstrated by transthoracic doppler echocardiography, who was a 63 year old woman and visited for evaluation of chest pain. Herein, along with a review of the pertinent literature regarding this disorder, we report a case of coronary artery-left ventricular microfistulae demonstrated by transthoracic doppler echocardiography.

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