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Right coronary artery-right ventricular fistula complicated with infective endocarditis
- Source :
- Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.)REFERENCES. 37(2)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Coronary artery fistula (CAF) is a congenital disease in which a communication forms between one or more coronary arteries and a cardiac chamber or great vessel. We describe an infrequent case of right coronary artery (RCA) fistula into the right ventricle (RV) complicated by infective endocarditis in a child. The patient received echocardiography and contrast-enhanced multidetector computed tomography (MDCT). Surgical treatment was performed after management of the infection. Unfortunately, a residual fistula formed after surgery. However, interestingly, the residual fistula spontaneously resolved at one year after surgery. He is now in good condition and totally asymptomatic.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Fistula
Coronary Vessel Anomalies
Heart Ventricles
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Asymptomatic
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
medicine.artery
Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
030212 general & internal medicine
Child
Vascular Fistula
Endocarditis
business.industry
medicine.disease
Coronary arteries
medicine.anatomical_structure
Great vessels
Ventricle
Right coronary artery
Cardiac chamber
Infective endocarditis
cardiovascular system
Cardiology
medicine.symptom
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15408175
- Volume :
- 37
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.)REFERENCES
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7f942614f429360b530c3d7cb2576b60