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Endocarditis of a congenital coronary fistula in a child

Part of: Infectious

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 September 2017

Thomas Krasemann ,
Ingrid M. van Beynum ,
Ingrid M. E. Frohn-Mulder  and
Michiel Dalinghaus
Thomas Krasemann*
Affiliation:
Sophia Kinderziekenhuis, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Ingrid M. van Beynum
Affiliation:
Sophia Kinderziekenhuis, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Ingrid M. E. Frohn-Mulder
Affiliation:
Sophia Kinderziekenhuis, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Michiel Dalinghaus
Affiliation:
Sophia Kinderziekenhuis, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
*
Correspondence to: T. Krasemann, Sophia Kinderziekenhuis, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Erasmus MC Sophia, Wytemaweg 80, 3015CT Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Tel: +31 10 703 2188; E-mail: t.krasemann@erasmusmc.nl
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Abstract

Endocarditis of congenital coronary fistulas in the cardiac chambers is rare, especially in the paediatric age group. We describe the case of a 9-year-old boy with a fistula from the dilated right coronary artery to the junction of the superior caval vein to the right atrium, complicated by endocarditis. Treatment consisted of 6 weeks of antibiotics and interventional closure of the fistula 3 months later with an Amplatzer vascular plug.

Keywords

Coronary artery fistulaendocarditischildinterventional treatment
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , February 2018 , pp. 334 - 337
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© Cambridge University Press 2017 

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