title: Prospective identification of anomalous origin of left coronary artery from the right sinus of valsalva using transthoracic echocardiography: importance of color Doppler flow mapping.
abstract: Four cases are discussed in which anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the right sinus of Valsalva was identified prospectively by transthoracic echocardiography when the anomalous coronary passed between the great arteries. Color Doppler flow mapping was a critical component in identifying the anomalous coronary, particularly when the proximal course of the left main coronary was intramural.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, 9000 W. Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Frommelt
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Pelech
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bergstrom
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Williamson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies