Treatment of a left internal mammary artery to pulmonary artery fistula with polytetrafluoroethylene covered stents

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2004 Jan-Feb;27(1):74-6. doi: 10.1007/s00270-003-2751-5.

Abstract

Internal mammary artery (IMA) to pulmonary artery (PA) fistula is a rare complication of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) that may present as myocardial ischemia. We describe a case of left IMA-to-PA fistula treated with balloon expandable coronary polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) graft stents and review previously reported cases of this entity.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Arterio-Arterial Fistula / diagnostic imaging
  • Arterio-Arterial Fistula / etiology
  • Arterio-Arterial Fistula / surgery*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
  • Coated Materials, Biocompatible / therapeutic use*
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Artery Bypass / adverse effects
  • Heart Failure / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Failure / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mammary Arteries / diagnostic imaging
  • Mammary Arteries / pathology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Ischemia / diagnostic imaging
  • Myocardial Ischemia / surgery
  • Polytetrafluoroethylene / therapeutic use*
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology
  • Postoperative Complications / surgery
  • Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Artery / pathology*
  • Reoperation
  • Stents*
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnostic imaging
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / surgery

Substances

  • Coated Materials, Biocompatible
  • Polytetrafluoroethylene