Right pulmonary artery to left atrium fistula: transcatheter closure without conventional venovenous loop.
Right pulmonary artery to left atrium fistula is a rare anatomic variation of pulmonary arteriovenous malformation in which the initial connection exists between a pulmonary artery and a pulmonary vein, but during vascular development the pulmonary vein gets incorporated into the left atrium. Though nearly 60 such cases have been reported in literature, only 6 cases have been tackled by transcatheter technique with various types of devices and coils. This is a case where we demonstrate that large fistulae can be closed successfully with an atrial septal occluder without a conventional method of transseptal puncture and venovenous loop formation.
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Apollo Health City, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, India. anurakti07@yahoo.co.in
Anurakti
A
Srivastava
Anil Sivadasan
AS
Radha
D062906:Cardiac Catheters; D002648:Child; D005402:Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D055989:Septal Occluder Device; D016896:Treatment Outcome