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Review
. 2017 Jul;18(1):79-80.
doi: 10.14744/AnatolJCardiol.2017.7868.

Fistula between the right coronary artery and coronary sinus: a case report and literature review

Miao Yuan, Wen Juan Bai, Chun Mei Li, Li Rao  1
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Review

Fistula between the right coronary artery and coronary sinus: a case report and literature review

Miao Yuan et al. Anatol J Cardiol. 2017 Jul.
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Figure 1
(a) TTE, left ventricular long-axis view showing the dilated RCA (arrow); (b, c) TTE, no standard of the aorta short-axis view showing different segments of the fistula (arrows); (d) TTE (color Doppler imaging), dual-phase shunt in the coronary artery fistula (arrow); (e) MDCT volume-rendering reconstruction of the significantly dilated RCA (arrow); (f) MDCT multiplanar reconstruction demonstrating a connection between RCA and coronary sinus (arrow); (g) TTE, four-chamber view displaying no shunt at the primary coronary artery fistula postoperatively
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