title: Transcatheter closure of congenital coronary arterial fistula with a detachable balloon.
abstract: Coronary arterial fistulae are rare congenital cardiac defects that typically are treated by surgery. A case of transcatheter closure of a left anterior descending coronary artery to right ventricular fistula with a detachable balloon is described in a 16-month-old child. The fistula was easily occluded without complication. Follow-up 1.5 years later revealed normal ventricular function and no recurrence of the fistula. Detachable balloon occlusion of coronary arterial fistula is feasible in patients as young as 4 months.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Krabill
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Hunter
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male