[Transesophageal echocardiographic diagnosis of coronary fistula in an adult patient]

G Ital Cardiol. 1994 Feb;24(2):137-41.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

There are only a few reports about the utility of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in diagnosing coronary artery fistulas. We report a case of an adult patient with an unsuspected fistula between the right coronary artery and the right atrium, which was identified and correctly described by TEE. This diagnosis was subsequently confirmed by selective coronary angiography and surgical findings.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cardiomyopathies / diagnostic imaging*
  • Coronary Disease / diagnostic imaging*
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal*
  • Fistula / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged