Starfish-assisted off-pump obliteration of massive coronary arteriovenous fistulae

Tex Heart Inst J. 2005;32(4):595-7.

Abstract

Coronary arteriovenous fistula is a rare congenital heart disease. A 71-year-old woman suffered from heart failure due to massive coronary arteriovenous fistulae from the right coronary artery and left circumflex artery to the coronary sinus. Using the off-pump technique, we successfully performed Starfish-assisted obliteration of the fistulae. Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography was used to confirm the complete elimination of the abnormal shunt flow.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / diagnostic imaging
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / surgery*
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump / instrumentation*
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / surgery*
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans