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not-yet-known not-yet-known not-yet-known unknown Infrequent complication of coronary artery fistula: infective endocarditis of coronary fistula with aortic valve involvement
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  • Mohammad Sahebjam,
  • neda toofaninejad,
  • Hamidreza biranvand,
  • Mehdi Dehghani Firoozabadi,
  • Sahar Asl Fallah,
  • Mohsen Kafashi,
  • Simin Mojahedin
Mohammad Sahebjam
Tehran Heart Center
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neda toofaninejad
Tehran Heart Center

Corresponding Author:toofanind@yahoo.com

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Hamidreza biranvand
Tehran Heart Center
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Mehdi Dehghani Firoozabadi
Tehran Heart Center
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Sahar Asl Fallah
Tehran Heart Center
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Mohsen Kafashi
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
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Simin Mojahedin
Tehran Heart Center
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Abstract

Coronary artery fistula (CAF) is a rare congenital coronary artery anomaly and Infective endocarditis is a rare complication with high mortality rate. We present a 37-year-old female with a giant CAF that was complicated by infective endocarditis of the fistula with extension and involvement of the aortic valve. The diagnose was performed by transthoracic and three dimensional transesophageal echocardiography, then confirmed by computerized tomographic. The patient underwent successful aortic valve replacement and fistula repair after appropriate antibiotic therapy.