| Literature DB >> 16502020 |
Daisuke Utsunomiya1, Taiji Nishiharu, Joji Urata, Masaki Ino, Koichi Nakao, Kazuo Awai, Yasuyuki Yamashita.
Abstract
We present a case of a 57-year-old woman with an unremarkable medical history except for a continuous cardiac murmur at the left second and third interspaces. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed an unusual chamber in front of the heart. To evaluate the precise anatomy of this abnormality, multi-slice computed tomographic (MSCT) imaging was performed. MSCT angiography with retrospective ECG gating showed a coronary arterial malformation with fistulous communications to the coronary artery, pulmonary artery and the root of aorta. Images from MSCT coronary angiography can be helpful in understanding the tortuous configuration of the coronary arterial malformation.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16502020 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-005-9072-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Cardiovasc Imaging ISSN: 1569-5794 Impact factor: 2.357