ANOMALOUS ORIGIN OF THE RIGHT CORONARY-ARTERY FROM THE PULMONARY TRUNK - ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC DIAGNOSIS

Authors
VESELKA J KAUTZNER J
Citation
J. Veselka et J. Kautzner, ANOMALOUS ORIGIN OF THE RIGHT CORONARY-ARTERY FROM THE PULMONARY TRUNK - ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC DIAGNOSIS, Echocardiography, 11(4), 1994, pp. 365-368
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Echocardiography → ACNP
ISSN journal
07422822
Volume
11
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
365 - 368
Database
ISI
SICI code
0742-2822(1994)11:4<365:AOOTRC>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the pulmonary trunk is a rare congenital anomaly, which may be detected noninvasively by echocardiography. We report a case of definitive diagnosis of this ano maly using transesophageal echocardiography and Doppler color flow map ping in a 36-year-old woman. Of special interest is the fact that the most prominent echocardiographic feature was turbulent flow in the reg ion of the interventricular septum streaming into the dilated RCA.