Open AccessAn unusual case of right-to-left shunt: Pulmonary artery to left atrium fistula
Author(s) -
Kiran Ashok Kale,
Tapan Patel,
Swapnil Patil,
Anagha Joshi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
heart india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2321-6638
pISSN - 2321-449X
DOI - 10.4103/2321-449x.183528
Subject(s) - medicine , shunt (medical) , left atrium , right pulmonary artery , left pulmonary artery , fistula , pulmonary artery , radiology , right to left shunt , magnetic resonance imaging , angiography , right atrium , computed tomography , multidetector computed tomography , computed tomography angiography , magnetic resonance angiography , pulmonary sequestration , cardiology , lung , atrial fibrillation , patent foramen ovale , percutaneous
We present a rare variant of pulmonary arteriovenous (AV) fistula (malformation), right pulmonary artery (RPA) to left atrium (LA) fistula, with its clinical and imaging findings with multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) pulmonary angiography and dynamic 3.0 T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) pulmonary angiography in a 2-year-old female child who presented with central cyanosis at the age of 18 months