Percutaneous closure of a giant coronary artery fistula after surgical pericardiectomy. Review of the literature.
Coronary artery fistulae (CAF) are uncommon heart defects defined as a communication between a coronary artery and a cardiac chamber or vascular structure. They are frequently asymptomatic; nevertheless, they can produce angina, dyspnea or cardiac failure. CAF are believed to be congenital; however, isolated cases of CAF have been described as rare complications of cardiac surgery. We report the percutaneous closure of a giant CAF in an adult patient with angina and previous pericardiectomy.
Interventional Cardiology, Hospital Universitario Madrid Montepríncipe, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: leireunzue@yahoo.es.
Leire
L
Unzué
Interventional Cardiology, Hospital Universitario Madrid Montepríncipe, Madrid, Spain.
Eulogio
E
García
Cardiac Image Unit, Hospital Universitario Madrid Montepríncipe, Madrid, Spain.
Belén
B
Díaz-Antón
Interventional Cardiology, Hospital San Pedro de Alcántara, Cáceres, Spain.
Javier
J
Fernández-Portales
Interventional Cardiology, Hospital Universitario Madrid Montepríncipe, Madrid, Spain.
Rodrigo
R
Teijeiro
Anesthesiology, Hospital Universitario Madrid Montepríncipe, Madrid, Spain.
Miguel
M
Rodríguez-Del-Río
D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000601:surgery*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010492:Pericardiectomy
Coronary artery fistulae; Ductal occluder; Percutaneous closure