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Video Demonstration of Spitting-Cobra-Like Coronary-Pulmonary Artery Fistula in a Patient With Angina

Javier Jimeno Sánchez, MD;  Vanesa Alonso-Ventura, MD;  Juan Sánchez-Rubio Lezcano, MD;  Gabriel Galache Osuna, MD

Video supplement to “A Spitting-Cobra-Like Coronary-Pulmonary Artery Fistula in a Patient With Angina,” by Jimeno Sánchez, et al. (August 2022 Clinical Images).

A 78-year-old woman with a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and asthma was referred to her cardiologist for chest pain and dyspnea on exertion. After performing stress echocardiography, it was determined that closure of the fistula with coils was indicated. This case highlights that coronary fistula could be an unusual entity of angina, clinically improving after the occlusion procedure.

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