Late-presenting left internal mammary to great cardiac vein fistula treated with a vascular plug

J Invasive Cardiol. 2010 Oct;22(10):E201-3.

Abstract

A 73-year-old patient, who underwent triple bypass surgery in another hospital in 1991 after suffering an acute myocardial infarction, was admitted to our institution after an episode of unstable angina. Evidence of a left internal mammary artery grafted to the great cardiac anterior interventricular vein (GCV), with Qp:Qs > 1.5:1, was demonstrated by angiography. We report the closure of said fistula using a percutaneous left radial artery access and the deployment of an Amplatzer vascular occlusion device via the antegrade approach.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anastomosis, Surgical / adverse effects
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / etiology
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / therapy*
  • Coronary Artery Bypass / adverse effects*
  • Coronary Vessels*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mammary Arteries*
  • Septal Occluder Device*
  • Veins*