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Transcatheter embolization of coronary artery fistula with controlled release coils
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
|December 1, 1996
Insights
Transcatheter embolization offers a minimally invasive alternative to surgery for large congenital coronary fistulas. This technique successfully closed a coronary arteriovenous fistula in a pediatric patient.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Interventional Cardiology
- Pediatric Cardiology
Background:
- Congenital coronary cameral fistulas are typically treated with surgery.
- Advances in interventional cardiology have introduced less invasive treatment options.
Abstract:
The treatment for large congenital coronary cameral fistulas has been surgical but with advances in interventional catheterization techniques transcatheter embolization of these fistulas with coils or detachable balloons is now possible. This report describes occlusion of a congenital coronary arteriovenous fistula in a 6-year-old girl.