Right coronary artery-right ventricular fistula complicated with infective endocarditis.
ShaSha DuanYiLu ShiXiaoShan ZhangShuJuan LiZhenTing SunPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2020)
Coronary artery fistula (CAF) is a congenital disease in which a communication forms between one or more coronary arteries and a cardiac chamber or great vessel. We describe an infrequent case of right coronary artery (RCA) fistula into the right ventricle (RV) complicated by infective endocarditis in a child. The patient received echocardiography and contrast-enhanced multidetector computed tomography (MDCT). Surgical treatment was performed after management of the infection. Unfortunately, a residual fistula formed after surgery. However, interestingly, the residual fistula spontaneously resolved at one year after surgery. He is now in good condition and totally asymptomatic.
Keyphrases
- coronary artery
- computed tomography
- pulmonary artery
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance imaging
- positron emission tomography
- diffusion weighted
- left ventricular
- magnetic resonance
- pulmonary hypertension
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- heart failure
- mental health
- case report
- coronary artery disease
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- image quality
- mitral valve
- pet ct
- aortic valve