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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
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: yangzg666@163.com

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.

Type
Images in Congenital Cardiac Disease
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2016 

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