Utsunomiya Daisuke, Nishiharu Taiji, Urata Joji, Ino Masaki, Nakao Koichi, Awai Kazuo, Yamashita Yasuyuki
Diagnostic Imaging Center, Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital, 5-3-1 Chikami, Kumamoto-shi, Kumamoto, 861-4193, Japan.
Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2006 Jun-Aug;22(3-4):547-51. doi: 10.1007/s10554-005-9072-5. Epub 2006 Feb 25.
We present a case of a 57-year-old woman with an unremarkable medical history except for a continuous cardiac murmur at the left second and third interspaces. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed an unusual chamber in front of the heart. To evaluate the precise anatomy of this abnormality, multi-slice computed tomographic (MSCT) imaging was performed. MSCT angiography with retrospective ECG gating showed a coronary arterial malformation with fistulous communications to the coronary artery, pulmonary artery and the root of aorta. Images from MSCT coronary angiography can be helpful in understanding the tortuous configuration of the coronary arterial malformation.