title: Transcatheter closure or surgical repair of right pulmonary artery-left atrial fistula.
abstract: Right pulmonary artery-left atrial fistula is a rare congenitalcardiac anomaly, and only a few articles published so far have reported the diagnosis and treatment of right pulmonary artery-left atrial fistula. In this study, we report three cases of successful transcatheter closure or surgical repair of right pulmonary artery-left atrial fistula.
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Cardiology,Fuwai Hospital,National Center for Cardiovascular Disease,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College,Beijing,China.
authors.forename: Yan-Kun
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: 2Department of Radiology,Fuwai Hospital,National Center for Cardiovascular Disease,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College,Beijing,China.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Cardiology,Fuwai Hospital,National Center for Cardiovascular Disease,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College,Beijing,China.
authors.forename: Xian-Liang
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D000072226:Computed Tomography Angiography; D003490:Cyanosis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic
keywords: Pulmonary artery fistula; left atrium; surgical repair; transcatheter closure