Giant Right Coronary Aneurysm to Left Ventricular Fistula
Author(s) -
SeokMin Kang,
Joo Hoon Kim,
Jaewon Oh,
Chi Young Shim,
Byoung Wook Choi
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
circulation cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.584
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1942-0080
pISSN - 1941-9651
DOI - 10.1161/circimaging.108.805093
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , aneurysm , fistula , surgery
A 59-year-old man was admitted with mild dyspnea on exertion and prior radiographic evidence of cardiac enlargement. His medical history was unremarkable. On physical examination, grade 4 to-and-fro murmur was heard over the left sternal border. ECG showed normal sinus rhythm with left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy. Two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography in the 3-chamber view showed dilation of the proximal right coronary artery (RCA) (Figure 1A; Movie I). Color Doppler imaging of transthoracic …
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