title: Closure of a coronary fistula with a transcatheter implantable coil.
abstract: Large sized coronary artery fistulas are rare and diagnosed in only 0.05% of adult catheterized patients. Only a minority of these fistulas are operated upon. We describe a percutaneous technique to close a left coronary artery fistula draining into the right atrium in a 30-yr-old male patient. The fistula was closed by implantation of a trefoil coil, inserted through a catheter selectively advanced into the fistula.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Dijkzigt, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van den Brand
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pieterman
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suryapranata
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Bogers
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005402:Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006325:Heart Atria; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male