Coronary to pulmonary artery fistula--diagnosis by transesophageal echocardiography.
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.
Okwuosa
Tochi M
TM
Non-invasive Imaging Laboratories, Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
Gundeck
Ethan L
EL
Ward
R Parker
RP
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*