CORONARY TO PULMONARY-ARTERY SHUNT VIA THE BRONCHIAL ARTERY DEMONSTRATED BY MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING

Authors
AGIRBASLI M LENHART MB ARILDSEN RC MYERS PR
Citation
M. Agirbasli et al., CORONARY TO PULMONARY-ARTERY SHUNT VIA THE BRONCHIAL ARTERY DEMONSTRATED BY MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING, Journal of interventional cardiology, 10(6), 1997, pp. 449-452
Citations number
10
Journal title
Journal of interventional cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
08964327
Volume
10
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
449 - 452
Database
ISI
SICI code
0896-4327(1997)10:6<449:CTPSVT>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Wie report a patient with severe chronic obstructive lung disease requ iring home oxygen, in whom increased pulmonary vascular resistance was associated with collateral flow from the left coronary circumflex art ery to the bronchial and pulmonary arteries. The anomaly was clearly d emonstrated by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) obtained before corona ry angiography. This case suggests that MRI could play an important ro le in the assessment of coronary anomalies.