Treatment of an iatrogenic left internal mammary artery to pulmonary artery fistula with a bovine pericardium covered stent

Gulumser Heper; Cem Barcin; Atila Iyisoy; Hasan F Tore

doi:10.1007/s00270-005-0149-2

Treatment of an iatrogenic left internal mammary artery to pulmonary artery fistula with a bovine pericardium covered stent

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2006 Sep-Oct;29(5):879-82. doi: 10.1007/s00270-005-0149-2.

Authors

Gulumser Heper¹, Cem Barcin, Atila Iyisoy, Hasan F Tore

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, SSK Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. [email protected]

PMID: 16736101
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-005-0149-2

Abstract

We report a case with an acquired fistula between the left internal mammary artery and the pulmonary artery following coronary bypass surgery treated with a bovine pericardium covered stent. We also reviewed similar cases reported previously.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Arterio-Arterial Fistula / diagnostic imaging
Arterio-Arterial Fistula / etiology
Arterio-Arterial Fistula / therapy*
Coated Materials, Biocompatible*
Coronary Artery Bypass / adverse effects*
Humans
Male
Mammary Arteries* / diagnostic imaging
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Artery* / diagnostic imaging
Radiography
Stents*

Substances

Coated Materials, Biocompatible