Successful transcatheter patent ductus arteriosus occluder embolization of a congenital left coronary artery aneurysm and fistulas draining into the right atrium

Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012;18(6):540-3. doi: 10.5761/atcs.cr.11.01786. Epub 2012 May 31.

Abstract

Coronary artery aneurysms and fistulas are very rare congenital anomalies. They occur in 0.2%-0.4% of all congenital heart diseases. In this article, we report a case of a 39-year-old girl with a left coronary artery aneurysm and fistula draining into the right atrium. An intervention is successfully achieved by transcatheter occluder embolization using a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) occluder.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Coronary Aneurysm / congenital*
  • Coronary Aneurysm / therapy*
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / therapy*
  • Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / therapy
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / instrumentation*
  • Female
  • Heart Atria / abnormalities
  • Humans
  • Vascular Fistula / congenital*
  • Vascular Fistula / therapy*