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Single coronary artery–right ventricular fistula

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 August 2011

Juan M. Carretero*
Affiliation:
Cardiology Department, Sant Joan de Dèu Hospital, Paseo Sant Joan de Dèu, Barcelona, Spain
Jorge R. Palacios
Affiliation:
Cardiology Department, Sant Joan de Dèu Hospital, Paseo Sant Joan de Dèu, Barcelona, Spain
Fredy H. Prada
Affiliation:
Cardiology Department, Sant Joan de Dèu Hospital, Paseo Sant Joan de Dèu, Barcelona, Spain
*
Correspondence to: Dr J. M. Carretero, MD, Cardiology Department, Sant Joan de Dèu Hospital, Paseo Sant Joan de Dèu 2, Esplugues 08950, Barcelona, Spain. Tel: +34 695 220 360; Fax: +34 932 532 149; E-mail: jcarretero@hsjdbcn.org

Abstract

We report a rare case of a male child aged 4 years and 5 months who was diagnosed with a coronary artery fistula and left single coronary artery. Pre-operative evaluation with echocardiography and selective angiography showed a dilated and tortuous single coronary artery draining into the right ventricular outflow tract. The coronary fistula was ligated. The post-operative and clinical courses were uneventful.

Type
Brief Reports
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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