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Two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiographic features of left circumflex coronary artery to right ventricle fistula: Case report and literature review

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We report the case of a seven-month-old infant with a clinical diagnosis of patent ductus arteriosus whose two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiographic examinations were consistent with a coronary artery fistula. At angiography, a left circumflex coronary artery to right ventricle fistula was diagnosed. Echo-Doppler techniques for the noninvasive diagnosis of this lesion are discussed and the literature is reviewed.

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    Catherine W. Barton,  A. Rebecca Snider & Amnon Rosenthal

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Barton, C.W., Snider, A.R. & Rosenthal, A. Two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiographic features of left circumflex coronary artery to right ventricle fistula: Case report and literature review. Pediatr Cardiol 7, 167–170 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02424992

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