Volume 24, Issue 104, July - August, 2020

Outcomes of congenital coronary artery fistula at Children’s Hospital 2

Ngo Minh Xuan

Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam; Email: xuanlien62@pnt.edu.vn

ABSTRACT

Objective: To evaluate the outcomes of congenital coronary artery fistula by cardiac catheterization at Children’s Hospital 2. Object and method: The study of describing a series of 20 cases of coronary artery fistula diagnosed by echocardiography, coronary catheterization, and intervention of coronary artery fistula blockage by cutaneous at Children’s Hospital 2, Ho Chi Minh City from 4/2010 – 9/2019. Results: Existent fistula after one month accounts for 45%, after one year of 15%. Cardiac catheterization in children is an effective treatment with a high success rate. Long-term progress monitoring has good results.

Keywords: Cardiac catheterization, congenital coronary artery fistula

Medical Science, 2020, 24(104), 2291-2294

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