Novel treatment of coronary artery fistulae concealing severe coronary artery lesion: using thrombus aspiration catheter as a delivery guide

Korkmaz L., Acar Z., Dursun I., Akyuz A. R., Korkmaz A. A.

JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC CARDIOLOGY, cilt.11, sa.1, ss.90-92, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 11 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3969/j.issn.1671-5411.2014.01.006
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC CARDIOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.90-92
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

In this case report, we present the occlusion of multiple coronary artery fistulaes originating from proximal left anterior descending (LAD) and right sinus valsavla and empting to the pulmonary artery at the same place. We occluded LAD fistulae by using thrombus aspiration catheter as a delivery guide. To the best of our knowlege, this is the first case of occlusion of coronary fistulaes with the help of thrombus aspiration catheter. Our experience may suggest that thrombus aspiration catheters can be used in treating coronary artery fistulaes with difficult anotomy.