Identification of right coronary artery ectasia with echocardiography and confirmation with multimodal imaging
We present the case of a patient with myocardial infarction due to coronary ectasia. A transthoracic echocardiogram showed a unique image of a cystic-like mass in the right atrium corresponding to the ectatic right coronary artery (arrows), which was confirmed with computed tomography.
Authors
- Xochitl A. Ortiz‐León (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7605-2008)
- Hugo Rodríguez‐Zanella (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0336-5593)
- Edith Liliana Posada‐Martínez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3749-4281)
- María Eugenia Ruiz-Esparza-Dueñas
- José Antonio Arias‐Godínez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7658-6146)
- Juan Francisco Fritche‐Salazar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3420-2861)
- David Jacobo Sánchez-Amaya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1602-7075)
- Nancy N. Suarez‐Lara
- Solis‐Estrada Javier
Institutions
- Instituto Nacional de Cardiología (MX)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Echocardiography
- Published
- 2024-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/echo.15924
- Primary Topic
- Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00