title: Coronary artery to left ventricular fistula demonstrated by transthoracic echocardiography.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey. aratnurcan@gmail.com
authors.forename: Nurcan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Arat
authors.forename: Ozgul Malcok
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Gurel
authors.forename: Funda Senay
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Biyikoglu
authors.forename: Erdal
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Duru
mesh_terms: 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*