Use of navigator-echo-gated MRI to diagnose a coronary shunt involving an anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the pulmonary artery

John N. Oshinski, Robert Franch, Syed H. Shirazi, Roderic I. Pettigrew

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Abstract

Origin of the right coronary artery from the main pulmonary artery is an anomaly that can cause formation of a left-to-right coronary shunt, leading to myocardial ischemia and early onset of congestive heart failure. We describe a case in which magnetic resonance imaging was able to show the anomalous origin of the right coronary artery, and magnetic resonance phase velocity mapping was able to demonstrate the presence of a left-to-right shunt through the coronary artery by showing retrograde flow in the right coronary artery.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)738-740
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume9
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1999

Keywords

  • Anomalous coronary artery
  • Coronary blood flow measurement
  • Magnetic resonance imaging

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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