PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hofbeck, M
AU  - Wild, F
AU  - Singer, H
TI  - Improved visualisation of a coronary artery fistula by the "laid-back" aortogram.
AID  - 10.1136/hrt.70.3.272
DP  - 1993 Sep 01
TA  - British Heart Journal
PG  - 272--273
VI  - 70
IP  - 3
4099  - http://heart.bmj.com/content/70/3/272.short
4100  - http://heart.bmj.com/content/70/3/272.full
SO  - Heart1993 Sep 01; 70
AB  - The preoperative assessment of patients with a coronary artery fistula requires exact angiographic evaluation of the coronary artery anatomy. A technique of transvenous balloon occlusion angiography of the aorta is described. This can be applied easily in infants with a persisting foramen ovale. Combination of this technique with the so-called "laid-back" aortogram gave excellent visualisation of a fistula between the right coronary artery and the right ventricle. This technique is a major improvement in the angiographic assessment of infants with coronary artery abnormalities and normal cardiac connections.