title: Congenital left main coronary artery to coronary sinus fistula.
abstract: Congenital coronary artery fistula is an extremely rare anomaly that may involve any of the coronary arteries and any of the cardiac chambers. We report the case of a 14-year-old female patient with a symptomatic congenital coronary fistula starting from the left main coronary artery and draining to the coronary sinus. The patient underwent surgical ligation of the fistula and had an excellent outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery and Congenital Heart Surgery, Onassis Cardiac Center, Monastiriou 8, Thracomacedones, Athens, Greece. fotiosmitropoulos@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Fotios A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Mitropoulos
authors.forename: Meletios A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kanakis
authors.forename: Periklis A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Davlouros
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Triantis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001159:Arterio-Arterial Fistula / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D054326:Coronary Sinus / Q000002:abnormalities*; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*