Imaging of Congenital Subclavian Artery to Subclavian Vein Fistula in a Newborn
Mohammed A. Al‑Biltagi *
Department of Pediatric, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
Faris Al-Mousily
Department of Cardiology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Canter, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Consultant Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics University of Florida, USA
Haysam Baho
Department of Cardiology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Canter, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Salah Kary
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Canter, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
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.
Keywords: Congenital fistula, subclavian artery, subclavian vein, imaging modalities