Diagnosis and Management of Congenital Coronary Arteriovenous Fistula in the Pediatric Patients Presenting Congestive Heart Failure and Myocardial Ischemia

Purpose Four pediatric patients with congenital coronary arteriovenous fistula (CAVF) were reported to remind pediatric practitioners and cardiologists of its diagnosis and management. Materials and Methods Four pediatric patients with congenital CAVF from June 1999 to November 2007 were included in this retrospective study. Study modalities included reviews of patients' profiles of clinical features, chest radiograph, Doppler echocardiography, cardiac catheterization with angiography, myocardial perfusion scan, and computed tomography. Results All 4 patients were symptomatic. The clinical symptoms and signs were feeding problem, continuous murmur, tachycardia, tachypnea, cardiomegaly, and exertional chest pain. Myocardial enzyme was elevated in 1 patient. Echocardiography showed dilatation of the coronary artery in all 4 patients, and traced down its origin in 3 and drainage in 4. The fistulas originated from the right coronary artery in 2 patients and left coronary artery in 2, and were drained into the right ventricle in 2, right atrium in 1, and pulmonary artery in 1. Single left coronary artery was found in 1 patient. The pulmonary-to-systemic blood flow ratios ranged from 1.2 to 2.5. Transcatheter coil occlusion was successfully performed in 4 patients through a coaxial delivery system. The symptoms and signs of congestive heart failure and myocardial ischemia disappeared after the procedure. Conclusion Diagnosis of congenital CAVF could be achieved by appreciation of continuous murmur over area unusual for the ductus, and by scrupulous examination of echocardiography as well as angiography of the coronary artery through which coaxial transcatheter coil occlusion could be performed successfully.

• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Yonsei medical journal

• Publication date

  2009-02-24

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.3349/ymj.2009.50.1.95PMID 19259355PMCID 2649861
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