TRANSCATHETER EMBOLIZATION OF A RESIDUAL CONGENITAL CORONARY ARTERIOVENOUS-FISTULA WITH A DETACHABLE BALLOON - SUPERIORITY OF INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
U. Aydogan et al., TRANSCATHETER EMBOLIZATION OF A RESIDUAL CONGENITAL CORONARY ARTERIOVENOUS-FISTULA WITH A DETACHABLE BALLOON - SUPERIORITY OF INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY, Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 38(2), 1996, pp. 245-251
A ten-year-old girl who presented with a continuous murmur was diagnos
ed with a right coronary to right ventricular fistula with colored Dop
pler echocardiography and selective arteriography. She underwent tradi
tional treatment-ligation of the fistula by sternotomy. Afterwards, th
e systolic component of the murmur persisted and repeat arteriography
showed a residual shunt through the fistula, with no change in the dia
meter of the right coronary artery. We describe the first case in whic
h a residual fistula was treated with a detachable balloon embolizatio
n.