Ascending aorta to main pulmonary artery fistula following orthotopic heart transplantation: successful percutaneous closure employing an Amplatzer Duct Occluder

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2014 Mar;7(3):e25-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2013.07.015.

Authors

Todd L Kiefer¹, John P Vavalle², Adam Devore², Chetan B Patel², Joseph Rogers², Carmelo Milano³, Thomas R Gehrig², J Kevin Harrison²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Division of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
³ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.

PMID: 24650417
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2013.07.015

No abstract available

Keywords: Amplatzer Duct Occluder; cardiac transplantation; fistula; transthoracic echocardiogram.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Angiography
Aorta
Aorta, Thoracic*
Arterio-Arterial Fistula / diagnosis
Arterio-Arterial Fistula / etiology
Arterio-Arterial Fistula / surgery*
Cardiac Catheterization / methods*
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Failure / surgery
Heart Transplantation / adverse effects*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Artery*
Septal Occluder Device*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
Vascular Surgical Procedures / instrumentation*