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SUBMITTER: Raut MS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6813700 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct-Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Annals of cardiac anaesthesia 20191001 4
Coronary-cameral fistulas (CCFs) are mostly congenital in origin and rarely acquired. Clinical symptoms are decided by the hemodynamic significance of the coronary fistula. Even in asymptomatic patients, it is essential to know about coronary CCF particularly if the patient is to undergo cardiac surgery with cardioplegic cardiac arrest. Incidental finding of coronary CCF should never be ignored. Intraoperative myocardial protection and methods used are significantly influenced by such fistula. ...[more]