Transcatheter closure of a large coronary cameral fistula presenting as a calcified cystic right atrial mass

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2024 Mar;103(4):607-611. doi: 10.1002/ccd.30997. Epub 2024 Feb 28.

Abstract

A 51-year-old patient with progressive right heart dysfunction was found to have a large calcified right atrial mass on echocardiography. As part of the work up for an intracardiac mass he had a cardiac computed tomogram which detailed a large coronary cameral fistula from the circumflex coronary artery to the right atrium associated with a spherical calcific pseudo-aneurysmal sac. Transcatheter occlusion of the exit point into the atrium with a vascular plug was performed directly from a right atrial approach without the need for an arteriovenous wire loop. This case details a unique presentation of a coronary cameral fistula to an unusual position within the right atrium which facilitated the rare ability to occlude the fistula from a venous approach without creating an arteriovenous wire rail.

Keywords: coronary cameral fistula; transcatheter; vascular plug.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cardiac Catheterization
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Artery Disease*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vascular Fistula* / diagnostic imaging
  • Vascular Fistula* / therapy