title: Congenital fistula between the left ventricle and coronary sinus: elucidation by colour Doppler flow mapping.
abstract: A fistula between the left ventricle and the coronary sinus was diagnosed by Doppler echocardiography and confirmed by cardiac catheterisation in a symptom free child who presented with clinical signs of mitral regurgitation. A similar abnormality has been reported after repeated mitral valve replacement and after myocardial infarction but a congenital fistula of this type has not been described before.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Gnanapragasam
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Houston
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lilley
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant