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CLOSURE OF CORONARY ARTERY FISTULA AND CORRECTION OF OCCLUDED LEFT CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY WITH COVERED STENT SIMULTANEOUSLY

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Title: CLOSURE OF CORONARY ARTERY FISTULA AND CORRECTION OF OCCLUDED LEFT CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY WITH COVERED STENT SIMULTANEOUSLY

Authors: Muzaffar Ali, Ahsan Iqbal, Zubair Akram

Journal: The Pakistan Heart Journal (PHJ)

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Publisher: Pakistan Cardiac Society

Country: Pakistan

Year: 2014

Volume: 47

Issue: 2

Language: English

Keywords: Coronary Artery DiseaseCoronary Artery FistulaPTFE Covered Stent

Categories
Interventional Cardiology (952) Vascular Medicine (494) Congenital Anomaly Studies (28) Cardiology (10889) Surgery (16580)

Abstract

ABSTRACTWe report a case of closure of coronary artery fistula and opening of totalocclusion of left circumflex artery (LCX) with polytetrafluroethylene (PTFE)covered stent. In this case report a 50 year old hypertensive and smoker male,had coronary artery fistula from LCX to pulmonary artery and there was totallyoccluded LCX which continued as obtuse marginal branch(OM). The fistula wasclosed and LCX opened simultaneously with PTFE covered stent. This successfulexperience suggested that covered stent is a feasible and safe alternative tocatheter based devices in the closure of coronary artery fistula. Though long termevaluation is needed.

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