title: Noninvasive diagnosis of coronary artery fistula after cardiac surgery.
abstract: A 5-year-old boy underwent ventricular septal defect closure as well as resection of the muscle bundle of a double-chamber right ventricle and a subaortic membrane. Five days after surgery, echocardiography revealed a left anterior descending artery fistula with 2 sites of entry to the right ventricle. The child was asymptomatic with no murmurs. Echocardiography is an excellent tool for detecting such silent clinical lesions.
authors.affiliation: Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. kidsecho@37.com
authors.forename: Abdullah A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Alabdulgader
mesh_terms: D001159:Arterio-Arterial Fistula / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011182:Postoperative Care