Large left circumflex coronary artery with a fistula to superior vena cava: Diagnosis by echocardiography

Echocardiography. 2017 Apr;34(4):617-620. doi: 10.1111/echo.13481. Epub 2017 Mar 1.

Abstract

The left circumflex coronary artery associated with a fistula to superior vena cava is a rare entity. We describe a 7-year-old girl who presented with a cardiac murmur and was diagnosed with a coronary artery fistula between the left circumflex artery and superior vena cava by echocardiography. The surgical occlusion of the fistula was successful.

Keywords: echocardiography; fistula; left circumflex coronary artery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Arteriovenous Fistula / diagnostic imaging*
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / surgery
  • Child
  • Coronary Vessels / diagnostic imaging*
  • Coronary Vessels / surgery
  • Echocardiography / methods*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Vena Cava, Superior / diagnostic imaging*
  • Vena Cava, Superior / surgery