title: Echocardiographic demonstration of a ventriculocoronary artery communication in a neonate with hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
abstract: A neonate diagnosed with aortic atresia and mitral hypoplasia had a ventriculocoronary artery communication demonstrated by use of echocardiography. These communications have been noted by angiography and on pathologic specimens in the past, but their clinical importance in the surgical management of these patients remains unclear. The ability to noninvasively identify these communications and study their flow characteristics would help to define their impact on surgical outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Bensky
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Covitz
mesh_terms: D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004452:Echocardiography; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging