A LARGE RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY-LEFT VENTRICLE FISTULA WITH MILD VOLUMEOVERLOAD ON THE LEFT-VENTRICLE OWING TO ITS CAPACITIVE ACTION - PULSED DOPPLER AND CINEANGIOGRAPHIC ANALYSES IN A PATIENT

Authors
OKA T NAKATSU T KUSACHI S TOMINAGA Y TOYONAGA S HORI K
Citation
T. Oka et al., A LARGE RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY-LEFT VENTRICLE FISTULA WITH MILD VOLUMEOVERLOAD ON THE LEFT-VENTRICLE OWING TO ITS CAPACITIVE ACTION - PULSED DOPPLER AND CINEANGIOGRAPHIC ANALYSES IN A PATIENT, Japanese Circulation Journal, 61(8), 1997, pp. 719-723
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Peripheal Vascular Diseas
Journal title
Japanese Circulation Journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00471828
Volume
61
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
719 - 723
Database
ISI
SICI code
0047-1828(1997)61:8<719:ALRCAV>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
A 54-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of a heart mu rmur without subjective symptoms. Angiography disclosed an enlarged ri ght coronary artery and flow drainage into the left ventricle, ie, a l arge right coronary artery-left ventricle fistula. Analysis of pulsed Doppler studies and cineangiograms indicated considerable capacitance of this fistula owing to Windkessel action, which attenuated volume ov erload on the left ventricle. The features in this case suggest that e valuation of fistula hemodynamics is important in determining the over load on the ventricle through the fistula.