title: Post-infarction left ventricle to right atrium fistula diagnosed by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography.
abstract: This is a report of a 63-year-old man who in the course of an inferior wall myocardial infarction developed a left ventricular aneurysm with communication to the right atrium and a haemodynamically significant intracardiac shunt. The unusual complication of a myocardial infarction was correctly diagnosed by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography, and later a successful surgical repair was done.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Central Hospital More & Romsdal, Norway.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hole
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wiseth
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Levang
mesh_terms: D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005402:Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*