title: Closure of a coronary cameral fistula following endomyocardial biopsies in a cardiac transplant patient with a detachable balloon.
abstract: Endomyocardial biopsy is the reference standard for the diagnosis of cardiac allograft rejection and is performed frequently in cardiac transplant patients. Biopsies are taken percutaneously via the right internal jugular or femoral vein. Fistulas from coronary arteries into the right ventricle following endomyocardial biopsies are a relatively frequent finding. Most of these fistulas are small angiographically, haemodynamically insignificant, and tend to disappear. We report a case of a haemodynamic significant coronary fistula, closed by a percutaneously introduced detachable balloon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Dijkzigt, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hartog
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van den Brand
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pieterman
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: di Mario
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002404:Catheterization; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D004699:Endocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D005402:Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D015641:Radiography, Interventional