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Left coronary artery fistula identified by color doppler flow imaging

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Coronary artery fistula (CAF) is an abnormal communication between a coronary artery and a cardiac chamber, great vessel, or other vascular structures. The presence of the fistula is usually identified by angiography. In this paper, the diagnosis of left coronary artery-right ventricle fistula was made by color Doppler before angiography? and it was confirmed by surgery. Color Doppler flow imaging is a non-invasive method which can reveal the proximal dilatation, the course and the draining site of CAF.

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  1. Department of Echocardiography, Xiehe Hospital, Tongji Medical University, 430030, Wuhan

    Yang Ya, Li Zhi-an, Wang Xin-fang & Deng You-bin

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Ya, Y., Zhi-an, L., Xin-fang, W. et al. Left coronary artery fistula identified by color doppler flow imaging. Journal of Tongji Medical University 15, 175–177 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02888230

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