ISSN:
1432-1971
Keywords:
Right coronary artery to left ventricle fistula
;
Two-dimensional echocardiography
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary A 12-year-old boy with a decrescendo diastolic murmur maximal at the lower right sternal border was suspected of having a coronary arteriovenous fistula. Cardiac catheterization and angiography revealed a right coronary artery to left ventricle fistula with marked dilatation of the right coronary artery. This is the thirteenth case of this anomaly reported in the literature. Characteristic two-dimensional echocardiographic features of this case are presented. A markedly dilated right coronary artery was revealed by two-dimensional echocardiography to take a normal right coronary artery course and empty into the posteromedial portion of the left ventricle. This case indicates the possibility of visualizing a dilated peripheral portion of the right coronary artery using two-dimensional echocardiography.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02242261
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