MULTIPLANE TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN DIAGNOSIS OF ANOMALOUSORIGIN OF THE LEFT CORONARY-ARTERY FROM THE PULMONARY-ARTERY - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
HSU SY LIN FC CHANG HJ YEH SJ WU DL
Citation
Sy. Hsu et al., MULTIPLANE TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN DIAGNOSIS OF ANOMALOUSORIGIN OF THE LEFT CORONARY-ARTERY FROM THE PULMONARY-ARTERY - A CASE-REPORT, Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 11(6), 1998, pp. 668-672
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography → ACNP
ISSN journal
08947317
Volume
11
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
668 - 672
Database
ISI
SICI code
0894-7317(1998)11:6<668:MTEIDO>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery in adults is difficult to identify reliably by transthoracic echocard iography (TTE). We describe a 32-year-old woman with this coronary ano maly mimicking a coronary artery fistula on conventional TTE study. Th is anomaly was suggested by multiplane transesophageal echocardiograph y (TEE) and subsequently confirmed by coronary angiography. Multiplane TEE thus may serve as a first-line diagnostic tool for detecting anom alous origin of coronary arteries.