New methods in diagnosis and therapy Optimal treatment of coronary-to-pulmonary artery fistula: surgery, coil or stent graft?

We report a case of a 57-year-old man with typical angina due to a coronary artery-to-pulmonary artery fistula, which was evident on transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography with color Doppler flow mapping. The diagnosis was confirmed by coronary angiography. The patient underwent surgical...

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Published in:Postępy w kardiologii interwencyjnej 2013-07, Vol.3 (3), p.282-285
Main Authors: Wejner-Mik, Paulina, Lipiec, Piotr, Peruga, Jan Zbigniew, Jaszewski, Ryszard, Pawłowski, Witold, Kasprzak, Jarosław
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Language:English
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Summary:We report a case of a 57-year-old man with typical angina due to a coronary artery-to-pulmonary artery fistula, which was evident on transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography with color Doppler flow mapping. The diagnosis was confirmed by coronary angiography. The patient underwent surgical ligation of the fistula. However, repeated transesophageal echocardiography and coronary angiography revealed persistence of the fistula with significant left-to-right shunt. The orifice of the fistula was then obliterated by stent-graft implantation, which was proven successful by angiography and echocardiography.
ISSN:1734-9338
1897-4295
DOI:10.5114/pwki.2013.37510