Current characteristics of congenital coronary artery fistulas in adults: A decade of global experience

Table 4 Comparison of demographic data, major fistula characteristics and fistula-related complications between coronary-cameral fistulas and coronary-vascular fistulas n (%)

	CCFs (n = 135) (44%)	CVFs (n = 169) (56%)	P value
Mean age (range, yr)	46.2 (18-85)	55.6 (18-86)	0.000
Female gender	68 (50.4)	93 (55)	NS
Aneurysm	24 (18.2)	19 (11.2)	NS
MI	None	5 (3)	0.042
IE	11 (8)	None	0.000
PE	4 (2.9)	4 (1.8)	NS
Abnormal chest X-ray	3 (2)	8 (5)	NS
Origin from LMT and LAD	33 (24.1)	94 (55.6)	0.000
Fistulas having multiple origins (bilateral and multilateral)	17 (13)	44 (26)	0.003

CCFs: Coronary-cameral fistulas; CVFs: Coronary-vascular fistulas; MI: Myocardial infarction; IE: Infective endocarditis; PE: Pericardial effusion; LMT: Left main trunk; LAD: Left anterior descending coronary artery.