Transcatheter coil embolization of an intercostal artery to pulmonary artery fistula.
An 18-year-old asymptomatic male was found to have a high-flow systemic arterial to pulmonary arterial fistula fed by dilated lower intercostal arteries draining via pulmonary artery toward the left main pulmonary trunk. Transcatheter Guglielmi Detachable Coil (GDC; Target Ther, Fremont, Calif.) embolization was performed. Transcatheter embolization is a reasonable and less invasive mode in the treatment of systemic artery to pulmonary artery fistula, and GDC offers more precise coil placement over other conventional coils.
Cantasdemir
Murat
M
Department of Radiology, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, 34300 Istanbul, Turkey. cantas1@yahoo.com
Kantarci
Fatih
F
Islak
Civan
C
Kocer
Naci
N
Saltuk
Levent
L
Numan
Furuzan
F
D000328:Adult; D001159:Arterio-Arterial Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D011859:Radiography