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Case Reports
. 1982;2(4):311-2.
doi: 10.1007/BF02426979.

Spontaneous closure of a coronary artery fistula in childhood

L T Mahoney, R M Schieken, R M Lauer
Case Reports

Spontaneous closure of a coronary artery fistula in childhood

L T Mahoney et al. Pediatr Cardiol. 1982.

Abstract

An infant with a symptomatic coronary artery fistula, documented by angiography, is presented. By age 5 years, clinical evidence of the fistula was no longer present. Repeat cardiac catheterization confirmed spontaneous closure of the coronary artery fistula. More information regarding the natural history of a coronary artery fistula is required before an elective surgical approach can be recommended in all asymptomatic children.

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