Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Incidentally Found Left Coronary Artery to Pulmonary Artery Fistula in an 11-Year-Old Girl

• Published in: Acta Cardiologica Sinica Vol. 32; no. 3; pp. 359 - 362
• Main Authors: Chen, Bo-Hau, Lin, Chu-Chuan, Weng, Ken-Pen, Wu, Huang-Wei, Chien, Jen-Hung, Huang, Shih-Ming
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 台灣 中華民國心臟學會 01.05.2016; Taiwan Society of Cardiology
• Subjects: Case Report; Coronary angiography; Coronary artery fistula; Echocardiography; MEDLINE; SCI; Scopus; Coronary angiography; Coronary artery fistula; Echocardiography

We report on a healthy 11-year-old girl who presented to our facility with sudden onset of fainting in a strenuous running course. Transthoracic echocardiography at short-axis view showed a diastolic flow into the main pulmonary artery (PA). The diagnosis of left anterior descending artery (LAD) to...