title: Transcatheter coil embolization of a high-flow coronary artery fistula using 0.052-inch gianturco coils: a case report.
abstract: A giant, high-flow coronary fistula is usually difficult to treat by transcatheter coil embolization, but the 0.052-inch Gianturco coil, which is larger and has a stronger shape memory than conventional coils, is now available. Using this device and additional conventional coils, a high-flow coronary artery fistula in a healthy 31-year-old man was successfully embolized. The new Gianturco coil widens the indication for the transcatheter embolization of coronary artery fistulas.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan. eiki@med.kurume-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Eiki
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tayama
authors.forename: Teiji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akagi
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shojima
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tomoeda
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takaseya
authors.forename: Shuji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukunaga
authors.forename: Nobuhiko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hayashida
authors.forename: Shigeaki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aoyagi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005402:Fistula / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome