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Percutaneous closure of coronary pulmonary arterial fistula using catheterization laboratory trash. |
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| Authors: | Vijay Kumar Trehan Ramesh Arora Saibal Mukhopadhyay Girish M Nair Umamahesh C Rangasetty Jamal Yusuf |
| Institution: | Department of Cardiology, G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India. trehanvs@yahoo.co.in |
| Abstract: | We report a case of coronary pulmonary arterial fistula that was successfully occluded by packing the fistula with thrombogenic floppy tips of used percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty guidewires instead of conventional steel coils. |
| Keywords: | coronary fistula PTCA guidewires coil embolization |