title: Rare cause of central cyanosis: right pulmonary artery to left atrial fistula.
abstract: A fistula between the right pulmonary artery and the left atrium is a very rare cause of central cyanosis. A clinical diagnosis is often made by first excluding other common causes and then performing diagnostic catheterization. Surgical closure offers a definitive cure for this rare congenital anomaly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK nagarajan.muthialu@gosh.nhs.uk.
authors.forename: Nagarajan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Muthialu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Anaesthesia, Nayati Super-Speciality Hospital, Mathura, India.
authors.forename: Shreedhar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: Aparna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hoskote
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: Vinay
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bhole
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003490:Cyanosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D035583:Rare Diseases
keywords: Cyanosis; Left atrium; Right pulmonary artery