Imaging of Congenital Subclavian Artery to Subclavian Vein Fistula in a Newborn
Journal Title: Cardiology and Angiology: An International Journal - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 4
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to report a congenital subclavian artery to subclavian vein fistula in a three weeks old male infant who presented with congestive heart failure and pulmonary hypertension. He had been scanned by various imaging modalities including echocardiography, cardiac computed tomography, diagnostic cardiac catheterization, cardiac magnetic resonance angiocardiography and cranial computed tomoangiography. He had successful surgical ligation after failure of device occlusion trial at age of 9 months.
Authors and Affiliations
Mohammed A. Al‑Biltagi, Faris Al-Mousily, Haysam Baho, Salah Kary
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- EP ID EP344168
- DOI 10.9734/CA/2014/10845
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