Transcatheter coil embolization of an intercostal artery to pulmonary artery fistula

Eur Radiol. 2002 Feb;12(2):454-7. doi: 10.1007/s003300100974. Epub 2001 Jun 26.

Abstract

An 18-year-old asymptomatic male was found to have a high-flow systemic arterial to pulmonary arterial fistula fed by dilated lower intercostal arteries draining via pulmonary artery toward the left main pulmonary trunk. Transcatheter Guglielmi Detachable Coil (GDC; Target Ther, Fremont, Calif.) embolization was performed. Transcatheter embolization is a reasonable and less invasive mode in the treatment of systemic artery to pulmonary artery fistula, and GDC offers more precise coil placement over other conventional coils.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Arterio-Arterial Fistula / diagnostic imaging
  • Arterio-Arterial Fistula / pathology
  • Arterio-Arterial Fistula / therapy*
  • Embolization, Therapeutic*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Artery*
  • Radiography