Volume 82, Issue 1 pp. 155-158
Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Coil embolization of a coronary artery to left ventricular fistula using detachable coils

E. Rodney Reeves MD

Corresponding Author

E. Rodney Reeves MD

Department of Cardiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York

Correspondence to: Dr. E. Rodney Reeves, MD, Department of Cardiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 679C, Rochester, NY 14642-8679. E-mail: rodneyreeves@ me.comSearch for more papers by this author
Babak S. Jahromi MD

Babak S. Jahromi MD

Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York

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Frederick S. Ling MD

Frederick S. Ling MD

Department of Cardiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York

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First published: 14 February 2013
Citations: 1

Conflict of interest: Nothing to report.

Abstract

Coronary artery fistulas are rare congenital anomalies noted during coronary angiography of both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients. Percutaneous treatment options have been described previously in case series of varying size. We present the successful percutaneous coil embolization using electrically detachable coils of a symptomatic combined distal left anterior descending artery fistula and distal right coronary artery fistula that join to form a single drainage into the left ventricle. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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