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The Utility of Live Three‐Dimensional Echocardiography in the Surgical Treatment of Bilateral Coronary Fistulas
Author(s) -
Ou Chinghuei,
Chou YiPen,
Hsiung Ming C.,
Wei Jeng,
Chang ChungYi,
Yin WeiHsian,
Tsai Shen kou
Publication year - 2009
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.1540-8175.2009.00929.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ligation , fistula , radiology , cardiology
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.