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Assessment of a left circumflex coronary artery–left ventricle fistula by multimodality imaging in a child

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 December 2016

Jing Chen  and
Zhi-Gang Yang
Jing Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan, China Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Sichuan, China
Zhi-Gang Yang*
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan, China
*
Correspondence to: Z.-G. Yang, MD, PhD, Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Guo Xue Xiang 37#, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China. Tel: +86 28 85423817; Fax: +86 28 85422746; E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Multimodality imaging revealed a left circumflex coronary artery–left ventricle fistula in a 4-year-old boy. MRI tissue tracking revealed a slight abnormality in the left ventricular myocardial strain. Early surgery was suggested to avoid serious complications.

Keywords

Coronary artery fistulasleft ventricular myocardial strainmultimodality imaging
Type
Images in Congenital Cardiac Disease
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , March 2017 , pp. 570 - 572
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Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2016 

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