title: Transcatheter closure of a large coronary artery fistula with Amplatzer duct occluder: a new approach.
abstract: We report a new retrograde approach for the successful closure of a large right coronary artery fistula in a 27-year-old man using the Amplatzer duct occluder. The device was deployed through a coronary angioplasty-guiding catheter that had been advanced through the aorta and the dilated right coronary artery into the fistula. This method simplified the procedure by eliminating the need for making a femoral artery-to-femoral vein wire loop.
authors.affiliation: Royal Hospital and Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman. ragusha@omantel.net.om
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Subramanyan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abhyankar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery; D001159:Arterio-Arterial Fistula / Q000601:surgery*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male