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Coronary-Pulmonary Artery Fistula Associated with Right Heart Failure: Successful Closure of Fistula with a Graft Stent

A Case Report

Timuçin Altin, MD

Çada Özdöl, MD

Gülgün Pamir, MD

Nail Çalar, MD

Dervi Oral, MD

Coronary artery fistula constitutes a rare congenital anomaly. The reported incidence of this anomaly ranges from 0.1% to 0.2% of the population undergoing coronary angiography. Coronary-pulmonary artery fistula is an extremely rare congenital anomaly of the coronary artery. Its real incidence is unknown. The authors report a case of coronary-pulmonary artery fistula that caused right heart failure in a 77-year-old woman. The fistula, arising from a proximal portion of the circumflex artery to the pulmonary artery, was sealed successfully using a Jostent (polytetrafluoroethylene-covered graft stent).

Angiology, Vol. 53, No. 5, 613-616 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/000331970205300519


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