Single right coronary artery assessed by contrast angiography and transoesophageal echocardiography

Eur Heart J. 1995 Nov;16(11):1739-41. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a060804.

Abstract

Contrast angiography is the gold standard for the assessment of the site and severity of coronary artery narrowing. Transoesophageal echocardiography is recognized as a feasible technique in assessing coronary artery anomalies. Our patient had arteriosclerotic narrowing in a single right coronary artery with poor distal opacification during contrast injection. Combining transoesophageal echocardiography with contrast angiography helped us in visualizing a surgically accessible vessel on the anterior wall of the left ventricle.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Arteries / diagnostic imaging
  • Contrast Media*
  • Coronary Angiography*
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / diagnostic imaging*
  • Coronary Vessels / diagnostic imaging*
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged

Substances

  • Contrast Media