What is it about?
Right pulmonary artery to left atrial fistula is an uncommon congenital anomaly which is usually treated surgically or more recently with transcatheter techniques using a variety of devices. We have for the first time shown that a small communication of this nature can undergo spontaneous closure
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Why is it important?
We need not address such communications if they are small, more so in smaller babies
Perspectives
I think, although this is just a single case, it certainly adds to the available literature since such a phenomenon for this type of communication has never been reported. May add value to our therapeutic outlook in this subset of patients
Bharat Dalvi
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This page is a summary of: Spontaneous closure of right pulmonary artery-to-left atrium fistula: a case report, Cardiology in the Young, May 2016, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s1047951116000615.
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