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Assessment of Coronary Artery Fistula by Color Doppler Echocardiography
Author(s) -
YANG YA,
LI ZHIAN,
WANG XINFANG
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1998.tb00579.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , color doppler , radiology , artery , doppler echocardiography , fistula , ultrasonography , blood pressure , diastole
Two patients with coronary artery fistula (CAF) were studied by color Doppler echocardiography, left coronary artery‐right ventricle fistula in a child and right coronary artery‐left ventricle fistula in an adult. Diagnosis was made by transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and one adult by multiplane transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), respectively. The proximal dilated coronary artery, the course, and the drainage sites were demonstrated with color Doppler echocardiography in both patients.