CONGENITAL CIRCUMFLEX CORONARY-ARTERY FISTULA - WITH DRAINAGE INTO THE LEFT-VENTRICLE

Congenital coronary fistula is a rare heart defect, which consists of a communication between a coronary artery and a cardiac chamber or cor onary vessel. Most such fistulae drain into a right heart chamber or i nto the pulmonary artery. Congenital left coronary artery-left ventric le fistula is even more uncommon. In a search of the literature, we we re able to find only 15 other cases of congenital left coronary artery -left ventricle fistula. We describe here the clinical picture of a pa tient with left circumflex coronary artery draining into the /eft vent ricle, and the successful surgical repair of the lesion. As far as we know, such a case has never before been reported in detail.