The utility of live three-dimensional echocardiography in the surgical treatment of bilateral coronary fistulas.
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.
Ou
Ching-Huei
CH
Division of Anesthesiology, Cheng-Hsin General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chou
Yi-Pen
YP
Hsiung
Ming C
MC
Wei
Jeng
J
Chang
Chung-Yi
CY
Yin
Wei-Hsian
WH
Tsai
Shen Kou
SK
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*