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Ultraschall Med 2014; 35(4): 295-297
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1369169
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Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Prenatal diagnosis of an isolated Coronary arterial fistula

Pränatale Diagnose von isolierten koronaren arteriellen Fisteln
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15 August 2014 (online)

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Congenital coronary artery fistulas (CAF) are rare malformations which can be complicated by hemodynamically relevant intracardiac shunts, endocarditis, myocardial infarction, thromboemboly or coronary aneurysms and rupture. The incidence of isolated coronary fistula is 1:50000 live birth (Schumacher G et al. Thorac Cardiovas Surg 1997; 45: 287–294). The left, right or both coronary arteries may be involved. The fistulas drain mainly to the right heart side (92%) with 41% to the right ventricle (Schumacher G et al. Thorac Cardiovas Surg 1997; 45: 287–294). We report the exceptional prenatal diagnosis of a fistula of the left coronary artery to the right ventricle at 26 weeks of gestation.