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. 2021 Jan 16;5(1):ytaa581. doi: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytaa581
Day0 (admission) A 41-year-old man complained occasional dizziness for 2 years, palpitations for 2 months.
Day 1

Chest X-ray: enlarged cardiac silhouette with local protrusion of the right margin.

Transthoracic echocardiography: preliminarily revealed the dilated right coronary artery (RCA), which connected to the left ventricle near the posterior mitral valve root through a fistula.

Day 2 Three-dimensional coronary artery computed tomography: visualized the giant tortuous RCA and the position of the fistula orifice.
Day 5 Coronary angiography: further confirmed the abnormal structures and excluded any stenosis or occlusion in other coronary arteries.
Day 15 The patient received surgical treatment, including repairment of the RCA-left ventricular fistula, resection and reconstruction of the dilated RCA and coronary artery bypass grafting under hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass.
Day 22 Hospital discharge.
1-year follow-up No adverse clinical events were reported.