An unusual case of left main coronary artery aneurysm with right ventricle fistula

A 4-year-old boy presented with repeated respiratory tract infections. Echocardiography showed dilation of the left main coronary artery with flow into the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract (RVOT). Diagnosis of Left Coronary Artery Aneurysm (LMCA) with RVOT fistula was made. A surgical repair of LMCA...

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Autores principales: Nathani, Shweta, Reddy, C, Suresh, PV, Maheshwari, Sunita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3327020/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22529606
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2069.93715
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description A 4-year-old boy presented with repeated respiratory tract infections. Echocardiography showed dilation of the left main coronary artery with flow into the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract (RVOT). Diagnosis of Left Coronary Artery Aneurysm (LMCA) with RVOT fistula was made. A surgical repair of LMCA aneurysm by two-patch technique was performed. The patient had an excellent outcome postoperatively and is asymptomatic on follow-up.
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spelling pubmed-33270202012-04-23 An unusual case of left main coronary artery aneurysm with right ventricle fistula Nathani, Shweta Reddy, C Suresh, PV Maheshwari, Sunita Ann Pediatr Cardiol Case Report A 4-year-old boy presented with repeated respiratory tract infections. Echocardiography showed dilation of the left main coronary artery with flow into the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract (RVOT). Diagnosis of Left Coronary Artery Aneurysm (LMCA) with RVOT fistula was made. A surgical repair of LMCA aneurysm by two-patch technique was performed. The patient had an excellent outcome postoperatively and is asymptomatic on follow-up. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3327020/ /pubmed/22529606 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2069.93715 Text en Copyright: © Annals of Pediatric Cardiology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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An unusual case of left main coronary artery aneurysm with right ventricle fistula
title An unusual case of left main coronary artery aneurysm with right ventricle fistula
title_full An unusual case of left main coronary artery aneurysm with right ventricle fistula
title_fullStr An unusual case of left main coronary artery aneurysm with right ventricle fistula
title_full_unstemmed An unusual case of left main coronary artery aneurysm with right ventricle fistula
title_short An unusual case of left main coronary artery aneurysm with right ventricle fistula
title_sort unusual case of left main coronary artery aneurysm with right ventricle fistula
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3327020/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22529606
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2069.93715
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