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Coronary Artery-Left Ventricle Fistula Complicating Balloon Angioplasty

A Case Report

Division of Cardiology Sapporo National Hospital Sapporo 003-0804 Japan

Masashi Horimoto, MD

Kei-ichi Igarashi, MD

Hitoki Inoue, MD

Hitoshi Sakuragi, MD

The authors describe a coronary artery fistula complicated balloon angioplasty. The proximal left anterior descending coronary artery was dilated, but a septal branch was occluded by thrombus. Angioplasty was used on the septal branch, but a pseudoaneurysm communicating with the left ventricle occurred. Follow-up angiography revealed spon taneous closure of the fistula.

Angiology, Vol. 51, No. 10, 879-883 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/000331970005101012


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