title: Coil embolization therapy in congenital coronary arterial fistulas.
abstract: Three pediatric patients (8.5 years, 3 years, and 1 month) presented with congenital coronary arterial fistulas. In all cases the fistulas entered into the right side of the heart (main pulmonary artery, n = 1; right ventricle, n = 2). In the first patient, the fistula and an open ductus arteriosus were closed during the same intervention. The second patient presented with a single left coronary ostium and residual shunt from the coronary artery system to the right ventricle after surgery. The third child had pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum and a fistula from the left coronary artery to the right ventricle. The fistulas in all patients were managed with coil occlusion. Fistula occlusion was documented with angiocardiography.
mesh_terms: D001159:Arterio-Arterial Fistula / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D035583:Rare Diseases; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome