Rare cause of central cyanosis: right pulmonary artery to left atrial fistula.

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg

Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK.

Published: November 2016

A fistula between the right pulmonary artery and the left atrium is a very rare cause of central cyanosis. A clinical diagnosis is often made by first excluding other common causes and then performing diagnostic catheterization. Surgical closure offers a definitive cure for this rare congenital anomaly.

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