Vascular plug closure of a complex coronary artery fistula

Antoinette Neylon; Leo Lawlor; Ivan P Casserly

doi:10.1002/ccd.26520

Vascular plug closure of a complex coronary artery fistula

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2017 Aug 1;90(2):350-353. doi: 10.1002/ccd.26520. Epub 2016 Mar 29.

Authors

Antoinette Neylon¹, Leo Lawlor¹, Ivan P Casserly¹

Affiliation

¹ Mater Private Hospital, Heart and Vascular Center, Eccles Street, Dublin 7, Ireland.

PMID: 27028012
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.26520

Abstract

This case report describes the percutaneous closure of a complex coronary artery fistula through the successful deployment of a vascular plug. It particularly highlights the technical challenges of percutaneously treating complex distal-type fistulae. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Keywords: coronary artery fistula; percutaneous closure; vascular plug.

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Aged
Cardiac Catheterization / instrumentation*
Computed Tomography Angiography
Coronary Angiography / methods
Coronary Artery Disease / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Artery Disease / therapy*
Equipment Design
Female
Humans
Treatment Outcome
Vascular Closure Devices*
Vascular Fistula / diagnostic imaging
Vascular Fistula / therapy*