title: Coronary to pulmonary artery fistula--diagnosis by transesophageal echocardiography.
abstract: Coronary artery fistulas (CAFs) are rare coronary anomalies which generally require coronary angiography for definitive diagnosis. CAFs most commonly drain into the right atrium or right ventricle, but occasionally can drain into the pulmonary artery. We report the case of an asymptomatic coronary to pulmonary artery fistula, which could only be definitively diagnosed with transesophageal echocardiography.
authors.affiliation: Non-invasive Imaging Laboratories, Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
authors.forename: Tochi M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Okwuosa
authors.forename: Ethan L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Gundeck
authors.forename: R Parker
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Ward
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001159:Arterio-Arterial Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*