Coronary ventricular fistula as a complication of PTCA: a case report and literature review.
A 58-year-old man with previous myocardial infarction and coronary bypass surgery underwent angioplasty to a totally occluded venous graft to the left anterior descending artery (LAD). The procedure resulted in a coronary-ventricular fistula. Prolonged inflation of the balloon in the proximal part of the graft resulted in obliteration of the fistula with little haemodynamic compromise.
el-Omar
M M
MM
Department of Cardiology, Walsgrave Hospital, Walsgrave, Coventry, UK.
Hargreaves
M R
MR
Venkataraman
A
A
Been
M
M
D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000601:surgery; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D005402:Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000628:therapy; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000601:surgery; D014680:Veins / Q000637:transplantation