title: Stent-graft exclusion of multiple symptomatic coronary artery fistulae.
abstract: Coronary artery fistulae may be congenital or acquired abnormalities in which blood is shunted into a cardiac chamber, great vessel, or other structure, bypassing the myocardial capillary network. Patients with coronary artery fistulae may present with dyspnea, congestive heart failure, angina, endocarditis, arrhythmias, or myocardial infarction. Symptomatic patients must be treated in order to prevent such complications as sudden death or myocardial infarction. Surgery is the gold standard for closure of these lesions; however, an increasing number of reports have shown that percutaneous closure may be a safe and effective alternative. We report the successful percutaneous exclusion of multiple coronary artery-to-pulmonary artery fistulae by means of several balloon-expandable stent-grafts in a patient who had a history of coronary artery bypass surgery and symptoms of congestive heart failure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Tehran Heart Center, Medical Sciences/University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. ekassaian@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Seyed Ebrahim
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Kassaian
authors.forename: Mehran
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mahmoodian
authors.forename: Mojtaba
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salarifar
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alidoosti
authors.forename: Seyed Hesameddin
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Abbasi
authors.forename: Abdi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rasekh
mesh_terms: D001159:Arterio-Arterial Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome