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Rapid spontaneous closure and remodelling of a medium-sized symptomatic congenital coronary artery fistula in an infant before the age of 3 months

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2014

Wen-Hsien Lu ,
Ta-Cheng Huang  and
Kai-Sheng Hsieh
Wen-Hsien Lu
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan Graduate Institute of Aerospace and Undersea Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Ta-Cheng Huang
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Kai-Sheng Hsieh*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
*
Correspondence to: Dr W.-H. Lu, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, 386, Ta-Chung 1st Rd., Kaohsiung 81362, Taiwan. Tel: +886 7 3422121, ext. 8202; Fax: +886 7 3468207; E-mail: lu6802@yahoo.com.tw
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Abstract

It is controversial to observe or close symptomatic congenital coronary artery fistula in infants. We herein describe a medium-sized symptomatic congenital coronary artery fistula that underwent rapid spontaneous closure in an infant aged <3 months.

Keywords

Coronary aneurysm formationcoronary artery fistulaheart failuremyocardial ischemiathrombosis
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 25 , Issue 4 , April 2015 , pp. 800 - 802
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2014 

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