title: Transesophageal echocardiographic diagnosis of aortic arch-left innominate vein fistula.
abstract: We present a patient with aortic arch-left innominate vein (LIV) fistula diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography. Also, an interrupted linear echo was noted within the dilated LIV with flow signals moving across the area of interruption, suggestive of left innominate vein pseudo-aneurysm or dissection. The patient subsequently underwent successful surgical repair of the fistula.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
authors.forename: Srinivas
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vengala
authors.forename: Navin C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nanda
authors.forename: Maninder Singh
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Sidhu
authors.forename: Harvinder S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Dod
authors.forename: Gopal
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: Vikramjit
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: James K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Kirklin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities*; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D016121:Brachiocephalic Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male