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SUBMITTER: Kim SG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7125364 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of cardiology cases 20191205 4
Persistent Thebesian veins with the appearance of multiple coronary artery microfistulas are a rare finding and little is known about their physiologic and clinical features. In addition, few reports have demonstrated the perfusion status of patients with Thebesian veins. We report a 75-year-old woman referred for non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction due to prominent Thebesian veins who displayed a perfusion defect in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. <<b>Learning objective:</b> This case em ...[more]