Coronary artery fistula from the left circumflex artery to the right atrium in an infant.
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Authors
- He, Xiangyu; Ruan, Weiqiang; Han, Junyang; Lin, Ke
- Source
- Journal of Cardiac Surgery. Dec2018, Vol. 33 Issue 12, p864-866. 3p. 3 Diagrams.
- Subject
- *CORONARY disease
*FISTULA
*RIGHT heart atrium
*HEART dilatation
*COMPUTED tomography
*VASCULAR surgery
*HEART disease diagnosis
*BLOOD vessels
*CORONARY arteries
*ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
*HEART diseases
*CARDIAC surgery
*HEART atrium
- Language
- ISSN
- 0886-0440
The article presents a case study of a 9-month-old female with coronary artery fistula from the left circumflex artery (LCX) to the right atrium (RA). Topics include the dilatation of the distal LCX shown on a cardiac computed tomography scan, tachypnea and cardiomegaly in the patient, and performance of transthoracic echocardiography (TTE).