Noninvasive diagnosis of coronary artery fistula by two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography.
In a 48-year-old woman, the diagnosis of a right coronary arteriovenous fistula communicating with the coronary sinus was made noninvasively using two-dimensional, pulsed and color Doppler echocardiography. These noninvasive techniques were superior to angiography in delineating the cardiac chamber into which the fistula emptied.
Nakamura
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Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo Women's Medical College.
Tanaka
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Endo
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Satomi
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Koyanagi
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Hirosawa
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D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged