Percutaneous closure of a coronary artery fistula in a 70-year-old woman

Acta Cardiol. 2010 Dec;65(6):697-8. doi: 10.1080/ac.65.6.2059869.

Abstract

This case report is about a 70-year-old woman who was diagnosed with a symptomatic coronary fistula from the circumflex artery to the vena cava superior. Because of the steal effect on a dobutamine stress test, the fistula was closed percutaneously.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Coronary Artery Disease / therapy*
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Vascular Fistula / congenital
  • Vascular Fistula / therapy*