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Arterio-Arterial Fistula

MedGen UID:
13914
•Concept ID:
C0003843
•
Anatomical Abnormality
Synonyms: Arterio Arterial Fistula; Arterio-Arterial Fistulas; Fistula, Arterio-Arterial; Fistulas, Arterio-Arterial

Definition

Abnormal communication between two ARTERIES that may result from injury or occur as a congenital abnormality. [from MeSH]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVArterio-Arterial Fistula

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Primary-care management of patients with congenital anomalies of the coronary arteries.
Boris JR, Brothers JA
Cardiol Young 2015 Dec;25(8):1540-5. doi: 10.1017/S1047951115002127. PMID: 26675602
Unilateral and multilateral congenital coronary-pulmonary fistulas in adults: clinical presentation, diagnostic modalities, and management with a brief review of the literature.
Said SA, Nijhuis RL, Akker JW, Takechi M, Slart RH, Bos JS, Hoorntje CR, Houwelingen KG, Bakker-de Boo M, Braam RL, Vet TM
Clin Cardiol 2014 Sep;37(9):536-45. Epub 2014 Sep 5 doi: 10.1002/clc.22297. PMID: 25196980Free PMC Article
Primary intraventricular hemorrhage: clinical features, risk factors, etiology, and yield of diagnostic cerebral angiography.
Srivastava T, Sannegowda RB, Satija V, Jain RS, Tejwani S, Mathur T
Neurol India 2014 Mar-Apr;62(2):144-8. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.132333. PMID: 24823722

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Imaging characteristics and ECG distribution of coronary fistulas: The first large-scale study.
Cai R, Xu J, Yan C, Wang J, Wang LI, Ku L, Zhou D, Zhu LI, He C, Zhao X, Ma X
Clin Imaging 2024 Jan;105:110016. Epub 2023 Nov 16 doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2023.110016. PMID: 38039748
CTA analysis of 482 cases of coronary artery fistula: A large-scale imaging study.
Cai R, Ma X, Zhao X, Xu J, Zhu L, Ku L
J Card Surg 2022 Jul;37(7):2172-2181. Epub 2022 May 4 doi: 10.1111/jocs.16500. PMID: 35508600
Internal mammary artery-to-pulmonary vasculature fistula: Systematic review of case reports.
Abdul Jabbar A, Patel A, Marzlin N, Altabaqchali S, Hasan M, Al-Zubaidi M, Agarwal A
Vasc Med 2017 Oct;22(5):426-431. doi: 10.1177/1358863X17724262. PMID: 28990495
Identifying, characterizing, and classifying congenital anomalies of the coronary arteries.
Shriki JE, Shinbane JS, Rashid MA, Hindoyan A, Withey JG, DeFrance A, Cunningham M, Oliveira GR, Warren BH, Wilcox A
Radiographics 2012 Mar-Apr;32(2):453-68. doi: 10.1148/rg.322115097. PMID: 22411942
Coronary artery fistulas: clinical and therapeutic considerations.
Gowda RM, Vasavada BC, Khan IA
Int J Cardiol 2006 Feb 8;107(1):7-10. Epub 2005 Aug 24 doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.01.067. PMID: 16125261

Diagnosis

Aortopulmonary fistula.
Mishra A, Chaurasia A, Oswal N
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2015 Mar;23(3):341-2. Epub 2013 Nov 28 doi: 10.1177/0218492313513774. PMID: 24887914
MDCT of congenital coronary artery fistulas.
Saboo SS, Juan YH, Khandelwal A, George E, Steigner ML, Landzberg M, Rybicki FJ
AJR Am J Roentgenol 2014 Sep;203(3):W244-52. doi: 10.2214/AJR.13.12026. PMID: 25148180
Coronary artery fistula.
Mangukia CV
Ann Thorac Surg 2012 Jun;93(6):2084-92. Epub 2012 May 5 doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.01.114. PMID: 22560322
Coronary artery fistulas: CT findings.
Zenooz NA, Habibi R, Mammen L, Finn JP, Gilkeson RC
Radiographics 2009 May-Jun;29(3):781-9. doi: 10.1148/rg.293085120. PMID: 19448115
Coronary arterial fistulas.
Qureshi SA
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2006 Dec 21;1:51. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-1-51. PMID: 17184545Free PMC Article

Therapy

Aortopulmonary fistula related death - forensic implications.
Durmić T, Savić S, Bogdanović M
Forensic Sci Med Pathol 2019 Sep;15(3):485-487. Epub 2019 Apr 26 doi: 10.1007/s12024-019-00114-5. PMID: 31028574
Left internal mammary artery to pulmonary artery fistula causing coronary steal syndrome: A review of literature on therapy, intervention, and management.
Olson PC, Spagnola J, Nalluri N, Tamburrino F
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2019 Jul 1;94(1):E20-E22. Epub 2019 Apr 3 doi: 10.1002/ccd.28225. PMID: 30941867
Coronary Artery Fistula-Associated Endocarditis: Report of Two Cases and a Review of the Literature.
Wang F, Cranston-D'Amato H, Pearson A
Echocardiography 2015 Dec;32(12):1868-72. Epub 2015 Sep 6 doi: 10.1111/echo.13041. PMID: 26344937
Late complications of tracheostomy.
Epstein SK
Respir Care 2005 Apr;50(4):542-9. PMID: 15807919
Doppler detection of arterio-arterial anastomoses in monochorionic twins: feasibility and clinical application.
Taylor MJ, Denbow ML, Tanawattanacharoen S, Gannon C, Cox PM, Fisk NM
Hum Reprod 2000 Jul;15(7):1632-6. doi: 10.1093/humrep/15.7.1632. PMID: 10875880

Prognosis

Coronary-pulmonary artery fistula in tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia.
Talwar S, Anderson RH, Keshri VK, Choudhary SK, Gulati GS, Airan B
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2014 Oct;22(8):1003-9. Epub 2013 Nov 12 doi: 10.1177/0218492313505101. PMID: 24887892
Coronary artery fistula.
Mangukia CV
Ann Thorac Surg 2012 Jun;93(6):2084-92. Epub 2012 May 5 doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.01.114. PMID: 22560322
Identifying, characterizing, and classifying congenital anomalies of the coronary arteries.
Shriki JE, Shinbane JS, Rashid MA, Hindoyan A, Withey JG, DeFrance A, Cunningham M, Oliveira GR, Warren BH, Wilcox A
Radiographics 2012 Mar-Apr;32(2):453-68. doi: 10.1148/rg.322115097. PMID: 22411942
Coronary artery fistulae.
Luo L, Kebede S, Wu S, Stouffer GA
Am J Med Sci 2006 Aug;332(2):79-84. doi: 10.1097/00000441-200608000-00005. PMID: 16909054
Coronary artery fistulas: clinical and therapeutic considerations.
Gowda RM, Vasavada BC, Khan IA
Int J Cardiol 2006 Feb 8;107(1):7-10. Epub 2005 Aug 24 doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.01.067. PMID: 16125261

Clinical prediction guides

Coronary Artery Fistula.
Sunkara A, Chebrolu LH, Chang SM, Barker C
Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J 2017 Apr-Jun;13(2):78-80. doi: 10.14797/mdcj-13-2-78. PMID: 28740588Free PMC Article
Unilateral and multilateral congenital coronary-pulmonary fistulas in adults: clinical presentation, diagnostic modalities, and management with a brief review of the literature.
Said SA, Nijhuis RL, Akker JW, Takechi M, Slart RH, Bos JS, Hoorntje CR, Houwelingen KG, Bakker-de Boo M, Braam RL, Vet TM
Clin Cardiol 2014 Sep;37(9):536-45. Epub 2014 Sep 5 doi: 10.1002/clc.22297. PMID: 25196980Free PMC Article
Coronary-pulmonary artery fistula in tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia.
Talwar S, Anderson RH, Keshri VK, Choudhary SK, Gulati GS, Airan B
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2014 Oct;22(8):1003-9. Epub 2013 Nov 12 doi: 10.1177/0218492313505101. PMID: 24887892
Anastomosis between the hepatic artery and the extrahepatic collateral or between extrahepatic collaterals: observation on angiography.
Miyayama S, Yamashiro M, Okuda M, Aburano H, Shigenari N, Morinaga K, Matsui O
J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol 2009 Jun;53(3):271-82. doi: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2009.02073.x. PMID: 19624293
Polyhydramnios and arterio-arterial placental anastomoses may beneficially affect monochorionic twin pregnancies.
van Gemert MJ, Kranenburg-Lakeman P, Milovanović Z, Vergroesen I, Boer K
Phys Med Biol 2001 Mar;46(3):N57-63. doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/46/3/401. PMID: 11277233

Recent systematic reviews

Internal mammary artery-to-pulmonary vasculature fistula: Systematic review of case reports.
Abdul Jabbar A, Patel A, Marzlin N, Altabaqchali S, Hasan M, Al-Zubaidi M, Agarwal A
Vasc Med 2017 Oct;22(5):426-431. doi: 10.1177/1358863X17724262. PMID: 28990495
Coronary-Pulmonary Artery Fistulas: A Systematic Review.
Verdini D, Vargas D, Kuo A, Ghoshhajra B, Kim P, Murillo H, Kirsch J, Lane M, Restrepo C
J Thorac Imaging 2016 Nov;31(6):380-390. doi: 10.1097/RTI.0000000000000232. PMID: 27768631

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