Imaging the coronary artery: Is it really normal? How to avoid common echocardiographic pitfalls

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 415-418

  Thankavel, Poonam Punjwani ^a,b   Brown, Paul S ^b   Carron, Hollie D ^b   Ramaciotti, Claudio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomalous coronary artery; Anomalous right coronary artery; Cardiovascular imaging; Coronary arteries abnormality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SCHOOL CHILD; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84863705266     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.111.972034     Document Type: Review

References (4)

1. Frommelt PC, Frommelt MA, Tweddell JS, Jaquiss RD. Prospective echos-cardiographic diagnosis and surgical repair of anomalous origin of a coronary artery from the opposite sinus with an interarterial course. JAm Coll Cardiol. 2003;42:148-154. (Pubitemid 36760776)
2. Taylor AJ, Rogan KM, Virmani R. Sudden cardiac death associated with isolated congenital coronary artery anomalies. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1992; 20:640-647.
3. Cohen MS, Herlong RJ, Silverman NH. Echocardiographic imaging of anomalous origin of the coronary arteries. Card Young. 2010;20:326-344.
4. Jureidini SB, Marino CJ, Singh GK, Balfour IC, Rao PS, Chen S. Aberrant coronary arteries: a reliable echocardiographic screening method. JAmSoc Echocardiogr. 2003;16:756-763. (Pubitemid 37391031)