BILATERAL FISTULAS FROM THE INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERIES AND THE BRONCHIAL ARTERIES TO THE PULMONARY-ARTERIES - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
MISUMI I UENO K KIMURA Y HOKAMURA Y YAMABE H YASUNAGA T OGUNI T ASAO C
Citation
I. Misumi et al., BILATERAL FISTULAS FROM THE INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERIES AND THE BRONCHIAL ARTERIES TO THE PULMONARY-ARTERIES - A CASE-REPORT, Angiology, 49(9), 1998, pp. 771-775
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Peripheal Vascular Diseas
Journal title
Angiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00033197
Volume
49
Issue
9
Year of publication
1998
Pages
771 - 775
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-3197(1998)49:9<771:BFFTIM>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
A 78-year-old man was admitted to hospital with heart failure and chro nic bronchitis. A computed tomographic scan of the chest incidentally demonstrated bilateral abnormal vessels near the left atrium. Selectiv e angiography showed that both internal mammary arteries and bronchial arteries communicated with the pulmonary arteries bilaterally. The pa tient refused surgery and was discharged on medical therapy. This is t he first reported case of bilateral fistulas between the internal mamm ary arteries and bronchial arteries and the pulmonary arteries.