Congenital coronary artery fistula draining into the right ventricle: Successful surgical closure after failed transcatheter coil embolization

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-63

  Strecker, Thomas ^a   Hakami, L ^a   Singer, H ^b   Weyand, M ^a   Cesnjevar, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Congenital heart anomalies; Coronary artery fistula (CAF); Surgical closure; Transcatheter coil embolization (TCE)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COIL EMBOLIZATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY FISTULA; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; TREATMENT FAILURE; WOUND CLOSURE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR FISTULA;

EID: 32544460606     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-865925     Document Type: Article

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