title: Fistulous communication between the right coronary artery and left atrium.
abstract: This report describes congenital coronary artery fistula of the right coronary artery draining into the left atrium in a young woman. The initial diagnosis of this rare anomaly was made noninvasively by echocardiography. Transesophageal echocardiography was vastly superior to transthoracic echocardiography in presenting the entire course of the fistula. The diagnosis was confirmed by coronary angiography. The fistula was successfully closed surgically.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Zaloska 7, 1525 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Mirta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kozelj
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kranjec
authors.forename: Miro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kosin
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Marcun
authors.forename: Tomaz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Podnar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004452:Echocardiography; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000151:congenital*; D006325:Heart Atria; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans