Transcatheter coil embolization of an intercostal artery to pulmonary artery fistula.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
An 18-year-old asymptomatic male was found to have a high-flow systemic arterial to pulmonary arterial fistula fed by dilated lower intercostal arteries draining via pulmonary artery toward the left main pulmonary trunk. Transcatheter Guglielmi Detachable Coil (GDC; Target Ther, Fremont, Calif.) embolization was performed. Transcatheter embolization is a reasonable and less invasive mode in the treatment of systemic artery to pulmonary artery fistula, and GDC offers more precise coil placement over other conventional coils.
Medical subject headings
- Arterio-Arterial Fistula
- Embolization, Therapeutic
- Pulmonary Artery