Spontaneous "Coronary Bypass" in a Paediatric Transplanted Heart
Elisabet Camprubí-Tubella1, Dimpna C Albert-Brotons2, Pedro Betrián-Blasco3
1Paediatric Interventional Cardiology Unit, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Hospital Universitario Vall Hebrón, Passeig de la Vall d'Hebrón 119-129, Edificio Materno-Infantil, Planta -1, 08035, Barcelona, Spain. ecamprubi.ebre.ics@gencat.cat.
Pediatric Cardiology
|January 4, 2020
Abstract:
We report an asymptomatic 5-year-old boy with coronary artery fistulas to pulmonary parenchyma and to systemic thoracic arteries, like a "natural bypass", detected during a coronary angiography performed 11 months after his heart transplant. One year later, a new coronary angiography showed no fistula. Some changes to immunosuppressive therapy during this time could be related to this evolution.
