Transcatheter coil embolization of a high-flow coronary artery fistula using 0.052-inch gianturco coils: a case report.
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.
Tayama
Eiki
E
Departments of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan. eiki@med.kurume-u.ac.jp
Akagi
Teiji
T
Shojima
Takahiro
T
Tomoeda
Hiroshi
H
Takaseya
Toru
T
Fukunaga
Shuji
S
Hayashida
Nobuhiko
N
Aoyagi
Shigeaki
S
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