Surgical Repair of a Left Main Coronary Artery to Right Ventricle Fistula in a Neonate

Noy Meshulami; Shubhi Kaushik; Peter Pastuszko; Raghav Murthy

doi:10.1177/21501351231189281

Surgical Repair of a Left Main Coronary Artery to Right Ventricle Fistula in a Neonate

World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2024 Jan;15(1):128-130. doi: 10.1177/21501351231189281. Epub 2023 Oct 26.

Authors

Noy Meshulami¹, Shubhi Kaushik², Peter Pastuszko³, Raghav Murthy³

Affiliations

¹ Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
² Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Kravis Children's Hospital at Mount Sinai, Icahn School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
³ Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.

PMID: 37885249
DOI: 10.1177/21501351231189281

Abstract

We describe the case of a newborn male with a large fistula from the left main coronary artery to the right ventricle. This case illustrates a rare congenital coronary artery fistula and its successful surgical management in the neonatal period.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Coronary Vessel Anomalies* / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Vessel Anomalies* / surgery
Fistula* / congenital
Fistula* / diagnostic imaging
Fistula* / surgery
Heart Ventricles / abnormalities
Heart Ventricles / surgery
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Male