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Transcatheter embolization of coronary artery fistula with controlled release coils
Author(s) -
QUEK SC,
WONG J,
TAY JSH,
REIDY J,
QURESHI SA
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1996.tb00971.x
Subject(s) - medicine , embolization , fistula , radiology , cardiology
The treatment for large congenital coronary cameral fistulas has been surgical but with advances in interventional catheterization techniques transcatheter embolization of these fistulas with coils or detachable balloons is now possible. This report describes occlusion of a congenital coronary arteriovenous fistula in a 6‐year‐old girl.