3D-Printed Visualization of a Complex Coronary-Venous Fistula With Additional Feeders From the Descending Aorta

Philipp Brantner; Antonio Madaffari; Gregor Fahrni; Michael J Zellweger; Philip Haaf

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.06.028

3D-Printed Visualization of a Complex Coronary-Venous Fistula With Additional Feeders From the Descending Aorta

JACC Case Rep. 2020 Sep 15;2(11):1736-1738. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.06.028. eCollection 2020 Sep.

Authors

Philipp Brantner¹, Antonio Madaffari^{2

3}, Gregor Fahrni^{2

3}, Michael J Zellweger^{2

3}, Philip Haaf^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, 3D PrintLab, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
² Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
³ Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel, University Hospital Basel, University Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

Abstract

In a 32-year-old patient with chest pain, a large, complex coronary-venous fistula with additional feeders from the descending aorta was detected with computed tomography. Multimodality imaging, including multicolor 3-dimensional printing, allowed precise anatomic visualization of the origin, course and drainage site of the fistula. The patient was treated conservatively. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.).

Keywords: 3D, 3-dimensional; CT, computed tomography; binder-jetting technology; computed tomography; coronary artery fistula; multicolor 3-dimensional printed model.