Spontaneous "Coronary Bypass" in a Paediatric Transplanted Heart.

Elisabet Camprubi-TubellaDimpna C Albert-BrotonsPedro Betrián-Blasco

Published in: Pediatric cardiology (2020)

We report an asymptomatic 5-year-old boy with coronary artery fistulas to pulmonary parenchyma and to systemic thoracic arteries, like a "natural bypass", detected during a coronary angiography performed 11 months after his heart transplant. One year later, a new coronary angiography showed no fistula. Some changes to immunosuppressive therapy during this time could be related to this evolution.

Keyphrases

coronary artery
pulmonary artery
heart failure
pulmonary hypertension
intensive care unit
emergency department
coronary artery disease
atrial fibrillation
spinal cord
spinal cord injury
left ventricular
pulmonary arterial hypertension