Total right ventricular dependent coronary circulation in pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum

Ann Thorac Surg. 2004 Mar;77(3):1087-8. doi: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01259-1.

Abstract

This report describes the case of a full-term gestational female with a prenatal diagnosis of pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum. Cardiac ultrasound at birth confirmed the diagnosis with no evidence of coronary artery fistulas. The patient died 6 hours after a central aortic to pulmonary artery shunt had been created with bypass support. Postmortem examination showed a coronary artery fistula rising from the right ventricle and a complete absence of both coronary ostia. This rare finding has been reported sporadically in the English literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / complications*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Fistula / congenital
  • Heart Septum
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Pulmonary Atresia / complications*