Descending aorta to right atrial fistula.
Andrew B HoAlan G MageeNicholas HayesPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2017)
Here, we report a four-day old neonate presenting with cardiovascular collapse secondary to a descending aorta to right atrial fistula. Echocardiography was suggestive of the diagnosis and confirmed with computed tomographic (CT) imaging. The fistula was successfully occluded via cardiac catheterization using an Amplatzer Vascular Plug II implanted from the right atrial aspect. This report includes the first CT imaging of this extremely rare congenital defect as well as detailing the first successful transcatheter occlusion of this particular lesion.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- computed tomography
- high resolution
- left atrial
- left ventricular
- image quality
- aortic valve
- pulmonary artery
- contrast enhanced
- dual energy
- catheter ablation
- magnetic resonance imaging
- left atrial appendage
- pulmonary hypertension
- positron emission tomography
- heart failure
- coronary artery
- ultrasound guided
- mass spectrometry
- mitral valve
- aortic dissection