Effect of suture closure of coronary artery fistula on aneurysmal coronary artery and myocardial ischemia.
This study indicates the importance of coronary angiography and myocardial scintigraphy on long-term follow-up of patients after surgery for coronary arterial fistula in view of the progression to coronary artery obstruction and myocardial ischemia.
Hiraishi
S
S
Department of Pediatrics, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan.
Misawa
H
H
Horiguchi
Y
Y
Fujino
N
N
Takeda
N
N
Nakae
S
S
Kasahara
S
S
D000368:Aged; D001159:Arterio-Arterial Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013536:Suture Techniques