Coronary artery to left ventricular fistula demonstrated by transthoracic echocardiography.
Coronary artery fistulas are rare coronary anomalies which generally require coronary angiography for definitive diagnosis. Improvements in ultrasound technology has enabled direct, transthoracic visualization of long portions of coronary arteries. We report a patient with a symptomatic coronary to left ventricular fistula, which was diagnosed with transthoracic echocardiography.
Arat
Nurcan
N
Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey. aratnurcan@gmail.com
Gurel
Ozgul Malcok
OM
Biyikoglu
Funda Senay
FS
Duru
Erdal
E
D000368:Aged; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*