Acquired coronary artery–pulmonary artery connection

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R. Michael Benitez MD

Division of Cardiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Division of Cardiology, Rm. S3B06, University of Maryland Hospital, 22 S. Greene St., Baltimore, MD 21201Search for more papers by this author

R. Michael Benitez MD,

Corresponding Author

R. Michael Benitez MD

Division of Cardiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Division of Cardiology, Rm. S3B06, University of Maryland Hospital, 22 S. Greene St., Baltimore, MD 21201Search for more papers by this author

First published: 12 December 1998

https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199812)45:4<413::AID-CCD13>3.0.CO;2-3

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We report a patient who underwent resection of a mediastinal tumor with postoperative irradiation. Cardiac catheterization fifteen years later demonstrated coronary artery–pulmonary artery fistulas from both the right and left coronary arteries. This case report raises the issue of whether external beam irradiation may have been integral in neovascularization and the development of this acquired abnormality. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Diagn. 45:413–415, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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