title: Percutaneous treatment of iatrogenic left-anterior descending artery to right ventricle fistula.
abstract: Iatrogenic coronary fistula is a rare condition whose treatment strategy is not well established. We report the case of a 70-year-old patient who came to our attention with echocardiographic and scintigraphic signs of myocardial ischemia and who had undergone heart transplantation 10 years earlier. The coronary angiogram showed a coronary fistula connecting the left-anterior descending artery to the right ventricle via an enlarged septal branch. Because of the presence of myocardial ischemia, the patient was scheduled for percutaneous coronary intervention. The fistula was sealed with implant of two polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)-covered stents that excluded the septal branch. One-year follow-up showed persistence of the good result in terms of angiographic and clinical outcome.
authors.affiliation: Interventional Cardiology Department, Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy. jaoreglia@gmail.com
authors.forename: Jacopo A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Oreglia
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bruschi
authors.forename: Silvio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Klugmann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation; D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D005402:Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene