title: The utility of live three-dimensional echocardiography in the surgical treatment of bilateral coronary fistulas.
abstract: In patients with coronary and pulmonary arterial fistulas, the drainage sites may be difficult to identify if there are multiple connections by standard 2D echocardiography techniques. However, real time 3D TEE was used intraoperatively in our case to facilitate site identification, the number of fistulous connections, and documentation of the fistula ligation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Anesthesiology, Cheng-Hsin General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ching-Huei
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Ou
authors.forename: Yi-Pen
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Chou
authors.forename: Ming C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Hsiung
authors.forename: Jeng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Chung-Yi
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Wei-Hsian
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Shen Kou
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Tsai
mesh_terms: D001159:Arterio-Arterial Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D003199:Computer Systems; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*