Coexistence of coronary cameral fistulae and cor triatriatum sinister in an elderly patient

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 712-715

  Nabais, Sérgio ^a,b   Salomé, Nuno ^a   Brandão, Aida ^a   Simões, Alda ^a   Marques, Jorge ^a   Costa, João ^a   Basto, Luís ^a   Costeira, António ^a   Correia, Adelino ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE BRAGA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Angina; Congenital heart disease; Cor triatriatum; Coronary artery disease; Coronary artery fistulae; Three dimensional echocardiography

Indexed keywords

TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COR TRIATRIATUM; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY FISTULA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL FISTULA; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; PATHOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEST PAIN; COR TRIATRIATUM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RECURRENCE; VASCULAR FISTULA;

EID: 58149354790     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jen140     Document Type: Article

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