Transcatheter closure of a chronic iatrogenic arteriovenous fistula between the carotid artery and the brachiocephalic vein with an Amplatzer duct occluder in combination with a carotid stent

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2009 May;32(3):568-71. doi: 10.1007/s00270-008-9438-x. Epub 2008 Oct 4.

Abstract

We report an original method of transcatheter closure of an arteriovenous fistula using the combination of an Amplatzer PDA occluder and a carotid stent. The fistula was between the left carotid artery and the brachiocephalic vein. The patient had significant left-to-right shunt and was highly symptomatic. Due to the large orifice and pseudoaneurysmatic enlargement of the fistula, we had to use a large Amplatzer PDA occluder and the protruding part of the PDA device disk had to be covered with a carotid stent. The fistula was completely closed. The patient stopped having symptoms and, 2 years after the procedure, the effect persists.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Angiography
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / diagnostic imaging
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / etiology
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / therapy*
  • Brachiocephalic Veins / injuries*
  • Cardiac Catheterization / methods*
  • Carotid Artery Injuries / diagnostic imaging
  • Carotid Artery Injuries / etiology
  • Carotid Artery Injuries / therapy*
  • Chronic Disease
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Iatrogenic Disease
  • Stents*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed