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Transcatheter occlusion of a large left coronary artery to right superior vena cava fistula using the Amplatzer duct occluder device
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Transcatheter occlusion of a large left coronary artery to right superior vena cava fistula using the Amplatzer duct occluder device

J Al-Ata, M Amin, M O Galal, A Kouatli and A Hussain
Pediatric cardiology, Vol.25(1), pp.70-72
01/01/2004
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-003-0526-z
PMID: 14583836

Abstract

Arteriovenous Fistula - surgery Arteriovenous Fistula - therapy Cardiac Catheterization - methods Cardiac Surgical Procedures - instrumentation Cardiac Surgical Procedures - methods Embolization, Therapeutic - instrumentation Female Humans Infant Vena Cava, Superior - abnormalities Vena Cava, Superior - surgery
Transcatheter embolization has become the therapy of choice for most coronary artery fistula. We report a 5.9-kg infant with a coronary artery fistula from the left coronary artery to the right superior vena cava with significant congestive heart failure. The infant underwent successful complete occlusion using the Amplatzer duct occluder.

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