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Ectasia and Aneurysm of the Right Coronary Artery Resulting From a Shunt to the Coronary Sinus

Bernd NowakK.-f. KreitnerHans J. RupprechtT. WittlingerMike OttoHeidi C. RobertsJürgen MeyerThomas Voigtländer

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medicine.medical_specialtymedicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industryLeft atriummedicine.diseaseShunt (medical)medicine.anatomical_structureAneurysmPhysiology (medical)EctasiaRight coronary arterymedicine.arteryInternal medicineAngiographycardiovascular systemmedicineCardiologycardiovascular diseasesCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinebusinessCoronary sinusArtery

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A 65-year-old woman presented with a systolic-diastolic murmur. Further MRI investigations as well as angiography revealed an arteriovenous shunt to the coronary sinus via an enlarged right coronary artery (Figure 1A⇓ and 1B⇓). The distal part of this coronary artery was transformed to a large coronary aneurysm of such extent that the left atrium was compressed …

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1998-06-09Circulation
https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.97.22.2276