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Multiple fistulas from the coronary arteries to the left ventricle in tricuspid atresia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2005

Hiroyuki Ikeda ,
Hiroyuki Aotsuka  and
Hiromichi Nakajima
Hiroyuki Ikeda
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Chiba Children’s Hospital, Chiba, Japan
Hiroyuki Aotsuka
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Chiba Children’s Hospital, Chiba, Japan
Hiromichi Nakajima
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Chiba Children’s Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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Abstract

It is rare to find multiple fistulas arising from all three coronary arteries and draining into the left ventricle. Coronary angiography revealed this anomaly in a one-year-old girl with tricuspid atresia after conversion to the Fontan circulation. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of such multiple fistulas in the setting of tricuspid atresia, and also the first report in childhood.

Keywords

Absent right atrioventricular connectionfistulaous communicationscongenital heart disease

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Brief Report
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 14 , Issue 5 , October 2004 , pp. 562 - 564
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© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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