title: Percutaneous closure of a coronary fistula between the right coronary artery to the left atrium.
abstract: We describe a case of a congenital coronary artery fistula of the right coronary artery draining into the left atrium in an eight-year-old boy. The initial diagnosis was made after the detection of a continuous cardiac murmur at the age of six years. Transthoracic echocardiography showed the right coronaric ostium dilatation, the site of drainage in the left atrium and left ventricle volume overload. Catheterization confirmed the diagnosis. The patient underwent percutaneous closure by PDA occluder device. Immediate post-closure angiograms showed complete occlusion of the fistula. The patient showed transient ischemic changes on ECG associated to an increase of plasmatic levels of the cardiac enzyme. ECG and cardiac enzyme were normal one week after the procedure.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Cardiology Department & GUCH Unit, IPSD, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Manuela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Drago
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chessa
authors.forename: Butera
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gianfranco
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bossone
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carminati
mesh_terms: D021721:Balloon Occlusion; D002648:Child; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*