Ascending aorta to main pulmonary artery fistula following orthotopic heart transplantation: successful percutaneous closure employing an Amplatzer Duct Occluder

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2014 Mar;7(3):e25-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2013.07.015.
No abstract available

Keywords: Amplatzer Duct Occluder; cardiac transplantation; fistula; transthoracic echocardiogram.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angiography
  • Aorta
  • Aorta, Thoracic*
  • Arterio-Arterial Fistula / diagnosis
  • Arterio-Arterial Fistula / etiology
  • Arterio-Arterial Fistula / surgery*
  • Cardiac Catheterization / methods*
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Heart Failure / surgery
  • Heart Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Artery*
  • Septal Occluder Device*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
  • Vascular Surgical Procedures / instrumentation*