Closing a Right Coronary Artery Fistula Draining Into the Coronary Sinus Using a Covered Stent in the Coronary Sinus

Lars S Witte; Berto J Bouma; Bart Straver; Bas T G van der Lienden; Rudolf Kist; Nico A Blom; David R Koolbergen; Robbert J de Winter

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.06.009

Closing a Right Coronary Artery Fistula Draining Into the Coronary Sinus Using a Covered Stent in the Coronary Sinus

JACC Case Rep. 2021 Oct 20;3(14):1589-1593. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.06.009.

Authors

Lars S Witte¹, Berto J Bouma¹, Bart Straver^{1

2}, Bas T G van der Lienden³, Rudolf Kist³, Nico A Blom^{2

4}, David R Koolbergen⁵, Robbert J de Winter¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
² Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Cardiology, Rode Kruis Hospital, Beverwijk, the Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Abstract

This report describes the case of a symptomatic patient with a right coronary artery fistula draining into the coronary sinus who underwent transcatheter closure, which was deployed in the drainage site to seal off the exit of the fistula. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.).

Keywords: ACHD, adults with congenital heart disease; AF, atrial fibrillation; CAF, coronary artery fistula; CS, coronary sinus; RCA, right coronary artery; RDP, ramus descendens posterior; RPL, ramus posterolateralis; congenital heart defect; coronary circulation; coronary vessel anomaly; stents; treatment.

Publication types

Case Reports