Coronary Artery Fistula: Multimedia

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Further Reading

• Relevant clinical guidelines include the following:
  • American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) 2005 guidelines for the management of patients with peripheral arterial disease (lower extremity, renal, mesenteric, and abdominal aortic): a collaborative report from the American Association for Vascular Surgery/Society for Vascular Surgery, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society for Vascular Medicine and Biology, Society of Interventional Radiology, and the ACC/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Develop Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease)
  • American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria for suspected congenital heart disease in the adult
• Relevant clinical trials include the following:
  • Improvement of Periprocedural Guidewire Management for Cardiac Catheterization (PTCA)
  • Correlation Between Access Blood Flow and Extracorporeal Blood Flow
• Related eMedicine topics include the following:
  • Isolated Coronary Artery Anomalies
  • Coronary Artery Anomalies
  • Anomalous Left Coronary Artery From the Pulmonary Artery
  • Arteriovenous Fistulae, Pulmonary

Keywords

coronary artery fistula, CAF, coronary cameral fistula, coronary arteriovenous fistula, heart disease, coronary fistula, cardiac anomalies, cardiac fistula, cardiac disease, coronary artery anomaly, coronary arterial-venous fistula, CAVF, coronary-pulmonary artery fistula, congestive heart failure, CHF, pulmonary artery branch stenosis, coarctation of the aorta, pulmonary stenosis, coronary stenosis, aortic atresia, myocardial infarction, arrhythmias, infectious endocarditis, aneurysm, treatment, diagnosis

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Andrew N Pelech, MD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin; Director of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Cardiology Research Focus and Cardiology Database, Director of Herma Heart Center Clinical Research, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin; Chairman of Wisconsin Pediatric Cardiac Registry
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Juan Carlos Alejos, MD, Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, University of California at Los Angeles
Juan Carlos Alejos, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, American Medical Association, and International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
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Julian M Stewart, MD, PhD, Associate Chairman of Pediatrics, Director, Center for Hypotension, Westchester Medical Center; Professor of Pediatrics and Physiology, New York Medical College
Julian M Stewart, MD, PhD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics
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Gilbert Z Herzberg, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Cardiology, New York Medical College; Consulting Staff, Department of Pediatrics, Sound Shore Medical Center
Gilbert Z Herzberg, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics
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Steven R Neish, MD, SM, Director of Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
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