• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Endocarditis of a congenital coronary fistula in a child
  • Beteiligte: Krasemann, Thomas; van Beynum, Ingrid M.; Frohn-Mulder, Ingrid M. E.; Dalinghaus, Michiel
  • Erschienen: Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2018
  • Erschienen in: Cardiology in the Young
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1017/s1047951117001846
  • ISSN: 1047-9511; 1467-1107
  • Schlagwörter: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ; General Medicine ; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Endocarditis of congenital coronary fistulas in the cardiac chambers is rare, especially in the paediatric age group. We describe the case of a 9-year-old boy with a fistula from the dilated right coronary artery to the junction of the superior caval vein to the right atrium, complicated by endocarditis. Treatment consisted of 6 weeks of antibiotics and interventional closure of the fistula 3 months later with an Amplatzer vascular plug.</jats:p>