Two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiographic features of left circumflex coronary artery to right ventricle fistula: case report and literature review.
We report the case of a seven-month-old infant with a clinical diagnosis of patent ductus arteriosus whose two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiographic examinations were consistent with a coronary artery fistula. At angiography, a left circumflex coronary artery to right ventricle fistula was diagnosed. Echo-Doppler techniques for the noninvasive diagnosis of this lesion are discussed and the literature is reviewed.
D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005402:Fistula / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D014463:Ultrasonography