Coronary artery fistulas: a review of the literature and presentation of two cases of coronary fistulas with drainage into the left atrium.
We report 2 cases of infants presenting with a murmur shortly after birth and diagnosed with coronary artery fistulas with drainage into the left atrium. The first infant had a fistulous communication between the left main coronary artery and the left atrial appendage and presented with signs and symptoms of heart failure. The infant was repaired surgically in the first week of life. The second infant was asymptomatic and had a fistulous communication between the right coronary artery and the left atrium. The infant will have the fistula closed in the cardiac catheterization laboratory when the child is older. The literature on coronary artery fistulas is reviewed, and the diagnosis and management of coronary artery fistulas is discussed.
Ceresnak
Scott
S
New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia-Pediatric Cardiology, New York, NY 10032, USA. sc2211@columbia.edu
Gray
Robert G
RG
Altmann
Karen
K
Chen
Jonathan M
JM
Glickstein
Julie S
JS
Hellenbrand
William E
WE
D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006337:Heart Murmurs / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008297:Male; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy