[Left coronary artery-right ventricle fistula secondary to heart surgery. Non-invasive diagnosis with Doppler-color bidimensional echocardiography].
A case of 20 year-old man with a left coronary artery fistula to right ventricle secondary to open heart surgery is reported; he was asymptomatic and a continuous precordial murmur was found on physical examination. Two dimensional echocardiography-Doppler color flow imaging visualized a dilated left coronary artery with flow into the right ventricle. The discovery was confirmed by coronary angiography. We conclude that two dimensional echocardiography Doppler color flow imaging may be a method included in evaluation of pediatric patients with coronary artery fistula suspicion.
Ruiz de Larrea
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Servicio de Cardiología Pediátrica, Hospital de Cruces, Baracaldo, Vizcaya.
Cabrera
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Pastor
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Galdeano
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Alcíbar
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D000328:Adult; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005402:Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology
Fístula de arteria coronaria izquierda-ventrículo derecho secundaria a intervención quirúrgica cardíaca. Diagnóstico no invasivo con ecocardiografía bidimensional-Doppler color.