title: Single right coronary artery assessed by contrast angiography and transoesophageal echocardiography.
abstract: Contrast angiography is the gold standard for the assessment of the site and severity of coronary artery narrowing. Transoesophageal echocardiography is recognized as a feasible technique in assessing coronary artery anomalies. Our patient had arteriosclerotic narrowing in a single right coronary artery with poor distal opacification during contrast injection. Combining transoesophageal echocardiography with contrast angiography helped us in visualizing a surgically accessible vessel on the anterior wall of the left ventricle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, Finland.
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Groundstroem
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Tarkka
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Kirklin
mesh_terms: D001158:Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003287:Contrast Media; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media