Transesophageal echocardiographic recognition of a fistula between a coronary artery and the left atrium.
A 58-year-old woman with a prosthetic mitral valve and an anomalous single coronary artery received transesophageal echocardiography and was found to have a coronary artery--to--left atrium fistula. Because of its superior imaging quality, transesophageal color Doppler method is a useful diagnostic procedure.
Oniki
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T
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.
Hashimoto
Y
Y
Aerbajinai
W
W
Hata
A
A
Matsumura
A
A
Iwakami
M
M
Numano
F
F
Hiraoka
M
M
D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006325:Heart Atria; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery