{"title":"Coronary Sinus Ostial Atresia With Small Cardiac Vein Drainage Into Right Atrium: A Rare Case With an Unusual Drainage Pathway.","authors":"Ruirui Lu, Yipeng Gao, Yuwei Bao, Hongyun Liu","doi":"10.1002/jcu.23993","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This case report describes an 80-year-old man with a history of persistent atrial fibrillation. Echocardiography revealed a severely dilated coronary sinus without a normal opening at the coronary sinus ostium, which communicated with an unusual dilated small cardiac vein. Contrast echocardiography and coronary computed tomography angiography were then utilized for further evaluation. After multimodal imaging, this rare case was diagnosed as coronary sinus ostial atresia with an unusual small cardiac vein draining into the right atrium.</p>","PeriodicalId":15386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Ultrasound","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2000,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Clinical Ultrasound","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jcu.23993","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"ACOUSTICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This case report describes an 80-year-old man with a history of persistent atrial fibrillation. Echocardiography revealed a severely dilated coronary sinus without a normal opening at the coronary sinus ostium, which communicated with an unusual dilated small cardiac vein. Contrast echocardiography and coronary computed tomography angiography were then utilized for further evaluation. After multimodal imaging, this rare case was diagnosed as coronary sinus ostial atresia with an unusual small cardiac vein draining into the right atrium.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Clinical Ultrasound (JCU) is an international journal dedicated to the worldwide dissemination of scientific information on diagnostic and therapeutic applications of medical sonography.
The scope of the journal includes--but is not limited to--the following areas: sonography of the gastrointestinal tract, genitourinary tract, vascular system, nervous system, head and neck, chest, breast, musculoskeletal system, and other superficial structures; Doppler applications; obstetric and pediatric applications; and interventional sonography. Studies comparing sonography with other imaging modalities are encouraged, as are studies evaluating the economic impact of sonography. Also within the journal''s scope are innovations and improvements in instrumentation and examination techniques and the use of contrast agents.
JCU publishes original research articles, case reports, pictorial essays, technical notes, and letters to the editor. The journal is also dedicated to being an educational resource for its readers, through the publication of review articles and various scientific contributions from members of the editorial board and other world-renowned experts in sonography.