Diqi Zhu1, Xiaohong Gu2, Jie Shen1,*, Fen Li1,*
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.16, No.2, pp. 147-150, 2021, DOI:10.32604/CHD.2021.014360
Abstract Background: Communication between the right pulmonary artery (RPA) and left atrium (LA) is a rare cause of central cyanosis in pediatric patients. Case presentation: We describe a 3-year-old female patient with an oxygen saturation of 70% at admission. The echocardiogram indicated an abnormal color flow Doppler in the LA and she underwent standard cardiac catheterization. The angiography of pulmonary artery revealed a 7.4 mm × 7.6 mm fistula between the RPA and LA and achieved successful closure using ventricular septal defect occlusion. Conclusion: The fistula between pulmonary artery and left atrium is an extremely rare but treatable congenital defect. It… More >
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