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.
Trehan
Vijay Kumar
VK
Department of Cardiology, G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India. trehanvs@yahoo.co.in
Arora
Ramesh
R
Mukhopadhyay
Saibal
S
Nair
Girish M
GM
Rangasetty
Umamahesh C
UC
Yusuf
Jamal
J
Chandrashekhar
D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000628:therapy*