All issues > Volume 40(5); 1997

Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1997;40(5):730-734. Published online May 15, 1997.

Transcatheter Coil Closure of a Congenital Coronary Arterial Fistula

Hye Soon HS Kim¹, Ho Sung HS Kim¹, Jung Il JI Rho¹, Jung Yeun JY Choi¹, Young Soo YS Yun¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

Congenital coronary artery fistulas are rare congenital heart anomalies. Surgical closure of these fistulas was the therapy of choice till recently. The recent development of a new accurate coil-delivery system has enabled us to embolize the vessels. Percutaneous transcatheter coil embolization is a safe and effective approach to treating coronary artery fistulas and should be considered as the best treatment for coronary artery fistulas. We report the case of 5-year-old girl whose coronary artery fistula was occluded with Gianturco coils successfully.

Keywords :Coronary artery fistula, Transcatheter embolization