Percutaneous closure of coronary pulmonary arterial fistula using catheterization laboratory trash.
We report a case of coronary pulmonary arterial fistula that was successfully occluded by packing the fistula with thrombogenic floppy tips of used percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty guidewires instead of conventional steel coils.
Department of Cardiology, G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India. trehanvs@yahoo.co.in
Vijay Kumar
VK
Trehan
Ramesh
R
Arora
Saibal
S
Mukhopadhyay
Girish M
GM
Nair
Umamahesh C
UC
Rangasetty
Jamal
J
Yusuf
Chandrashekhar
D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000628:therapy*