Myocardial contrast and transesophageal echocardiographic study of the left coronary artery from the main pulmonary artery

J Vargas-Barrón; N Espinola-Zavaleta; A Romero-Cárdenas; L Crespo Serje; R Villavicencio-Fernández; C Keirns; G Eid Lidt

Myocardial contrast and transesophageal echocardiographic study of the left coronary artery from the main pulmonary artery

Arch Inst Cardiol Mex. 1998 May-Jun;68(3):253-5.

Authors

J Vargas-Barrón¹, N Espinola-Zavaleta, A Romero-Cárdenas, L Crespo Serje, R Villavicencio-Fernández, C Keirns, G Eid Lidt

Affiliation

¹ Department of Echocardiography, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Mexico City, México, D.F.

PMID: 9810348

Abstract

A case of a 26-year-old woman with thoracic pain and anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the main pulmonary artery is described. The diagnosis was by coronary angiography and complemented with Doppler and transesophageal myocardial contrast.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / diagnosis*
Coronary Vessels / diagnostic imaging*
Echocardiography, Transesophageal*
Electrocardiography
Female
Heart / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging*
Radionuclide Imaging
Radiopharmaceuticals*
Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi*

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals
Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi