Yoshiaki Taoka, MD; Masahiro Nomura, MD; Masafumi Harada, MD; Tomomi Mitani, MD; Junko Endo, MD; Yuki Kondo, MD; Michiko Yukinaka, MD; Susumu Ito, MD; Yutaka Nakaya, MD; Hiromu Nishitani, MD

Abstract
We compared the imaging capability of magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) with that of conventional coronary angiography in a patient with coronary-pulmonary fistulae. Using the latter procedure, it is difficult to measure abnormal tortuous blood vessels in one section. However, the course of blood vessels could be evaluated quite well by rearranging serial cross-sectional MRA images using multiplanar reconstruction (MPR). This procedure allowed us to determine the anatomic positional relationship of these vessels to the peripheral cardiac great vascular system. MPR may detect sites of influx and outflow of abnormal blood vessels.
(Jpn Circ J 1998; 62: 455-457)

Key Words: Coronary-pulmonary artery fistula; Magnetic resonance angiography; Multiplanar reconstruction

Mailing address: Yoshiaki Taoka, MD, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Tokushima, 2-50 Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima City 770, Japan