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Myocardial ischemia due to radical resection of complex coronary fistulas with giant aneurysms: a case report

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A 56-year-old man underwent surgery for complex coronary artery fistulas with giant coronary aneurysms. This treatment resulted in complications and caused myocardial ischemia of the right ventricular outflow tract, resulting in repeated ventricular fibrillations. The irritability caused by this fetal arrhythmia was improved by the placement of an intra-aortic balloon pump. The case findings suggest that even careful resection of complex coronary fistulas could precipitate myocardial ischemia.

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  1. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo General Hospital, 3-15-2 Egota, Nakano-ku, Tokyo, 165-0022, Japan

    Satoru Maeba, Masatoshi Sunada, Takuya Ito & Fumitaka Suzuki

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Maeba, S., Sunada, M., Ito, T. et al. Myocardial ischemia due to radical resection of complex coronary fistulas with giant aneurysms: a case report. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 69, 1247–1249 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-021-01642-0

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