Surgical treatment of coronary-to-pulmonary fistula: how and when?
β Scribed by Francesco Onorati; Pasquale Mastroroberto; Massimo Bilotta; Lucia Cristodoro; Antonio Esposito; Francesco Pezzo; Attilio Renzulli
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 206 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0910-8327
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The physiology of a coronary to pulmonary artery fistula has not been well characterized. This case report demonstrates the flow velocity pattern of a coronary fistula to the pulmonary artery which supports the hypothesized physiology that flow is predominantly continuous without a phasic pattern. T
Transcatheter embolization of coronary artery fistulae has become the therapy of choice for this uncommon lesion. We report a case in which transcatheter embolization was performed in a nine-year-old boy with a large fistula originating from the proximal portion of the left anterior descending arter