title: Large left circumflex coronary artery with a fistula to superior vena cava: Diagnosis by echocardiography.
abstract: The left circumflex coronary artery associated with a fistula to superior vena cava is a rare entity. We describe a 7-year-old girl who presented with a cardiac murmur and was diagnosed with a coronary artery fistula between the left circumflex artery and superior vena cava by echocardiography. The surgical occlusion of the fistula was successful.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou City, China.
authors.forename: Yunqi
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3850-5381
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Ultrasound, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou City, China.
authors.forename: Yanqiu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou City, China.
authors.forename: Mai
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou City, China.
authors.forename: Hanzhao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Ultrasound, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou City, China.
authors.forename: Donghong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou City, China.
authors.forename: Xi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery
keywords: echocardiography; fistula; left circumflex coronary artery