title: Myocardial infarction in a 14-year-old girl, ten years after surgical correction of congenital coronary artery fistula.
abstract: Acute myocardial infarction developed in a 14-year-old girl, ten years after surgical repair of a coronary artery fistula. Angiography revealed fresh thrombus in the left anterior descending branch of the left coronary artery. The thrombus probably developed in the residual cul-de-sac of the occluded fistula. A procedure to abolish the cul-de-sac was then performed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Cardiovascular Surgery, Saint Francis Hospital, 100 Port Washington Boulevard, Roslyn, NY 11576, USA.
authors.forename: Z G
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Mesko
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Damus
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*