Cine magnetic resonance imaging for diagnosis of right coronary arterial-ventricular fistula

Chest. 1991 Sep;100(3):735-7. doi: 10.1378/chest.100.3.735.

Abstract

In two cases of coronary arterial-ventricular fistula, detailed morphologic evaluation of the affected coronary artery was performed by MRI. Cine-MRI enabled both identification of the fistula and evaluation of the direction of shunt blood flow. Thus, MRI is a valuable noninvasive procedure in the anatomic and physiologic diagnosis of coronary arterial fistula.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / diagnosis*
  • Dilatation, Pathologic
  • Female
  • Fistula / congenital
  • Fistula / diagnosis*
  • Heart Ventricles / abnormalities*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged