A circumflex coronary artery-to-right atrial fistula in a 10-month-old child
Articles > Article · 2016
Authors: Emrah ŞİŞLİ, MEHMET FATİH AYIK, Muhammet Akyuz, Munevver DERELİ, Yüksel ATAY
Cardiovascular Journal of Africa, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, WoS, 2016, vol 27, pp e1-e3
Summary
A coronary fistula (CF) is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly in which there is a connection between the coronary artery and a cardiac chamber or a great vessel. In the paediatric population, a CF is usually asymptomatic. While the circumflex coronary artery (Cx) is the least common source of a CF, the right heart chambers are the most common location of drainage. Herein, we present a symptomatic 10-month-old boy with an atrial septal defect (ASD) in whom we incidentally detected a CF, which stemmed from the Cx and drained to the right atrium. Because the patient was symptomatic and his small size was not appropriate for percutaneous closure of the ASD, surgical closure of the ASD and CF was performed.