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ArticleBMJ case reports2017

A case of congenital coronary-pulmonary fistulas presenting as spontaneous mediastinal haemorrhage.

Guramrinder Singh Thind, Yashwant Agrawal, Jagadeesh K Kalavakunta, Robert Lapenna

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Guramrinder Singh ThindDepartment of Internal Medicine, Western Michigan University School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA.
Yashwant AgrawalDepartment of Internal Medicine, Western Michigan University School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA.
Jagadeesh K KalavakuntaBorgess Medical Center/Michigan State University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA.
Robert LapennaBorgess Medical Center/Michigan State University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA.
Western Michigan University · USBorgess Medical Center · USMichigan State University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronary artery fistulas are rare anomalous vascular connections between coronary arteries and a cardiac chamber or a central vessel, without an intervening capillary bed. Coronary-pulmonary fistulas are a distinct subset of coronary artery fistulas. We present the case of a previously healthy 63-year-old-man who presented with chest pain and was found to have mediastinal haemorrhage. Upon further investigations, he was found to have multiple coronary-pulmonary fistulas with pseudoaneurysm formation in three of the fistulas. Two of these pseudoaneurysms showed inflammatory changes indicative of recent bleed. These were determined to be the source of the mediastinal bleeding and patient’s initial presentation. The patient was managed medically after obtaining multiple expert opinions from various institutions.

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Aneurysm, FalseArterio-Arterial FistulaCoronary Artery DiseaseCoronary Vessel AnomaliesCoronary VesselsHemorrhageHumansMaleMediastinumMiddle AgedPulmonary Arterycardiovascular medicineinterventional cardiology

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PMID28724599
PMCPMC5535104
OpenAlexW2737182347

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