MRI evaluation of congenital coronary artery fistulae
| Autor: | L N P Bustamante, Sérgio Almeida de Oliveira, Carlos E. Rochitte, N M Ikari, L F R de Ávila, JoséR. Parga |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Left sternal border
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Physical examination General Medicine Doppler echocardiography Transoesophageal echocardiography medicine.anatomical_structure Continuous murmur Internal medicine Right coronary artery medicine.artery medicine Cardiology Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radiology business Artery Rare disease |
| Zdroj: | The British Journal of Radiology. 77:508-511 |
| ISSN: | 1748-880X 0007-1285 |
| DOI: | 10.1259/bjr/24835123 |
| Popis: | Congenital coronary artery fistula is a rare disease and MRI is a promising technique that may be useful to demonstrate the coronary artery tree. We report three patients who underwent cardiac MRI to investigate right coronary artery fistulae. On clinical examination, a continuous murmur was heard along the left sternal border, and chest X-ray showed moderate cardiomegaly with enlargement of right chambers in all patients. Transthoracic Doppler echocardiography showed fistulae in two cases; the third case was not demonstrated by transthoracic or transoesophageal echocardiography. MRI demonstrated the course of the fistulous vessels in all patients. All patients underwent surgical closure of their coronary artery fistulae. MRI may show detailed anatomy of congenital coronary artery fistulae and may be useful as an additional non-invasive method in their investigation. |
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