Transcatheter Coil Embolization of a High-Flow Coronary Artery Fistula Using 0.052-Inch Gianturco Coils A Case Report

Eiki Tayama; Teiji Akagi; Takahiro Shojima; Hiroshi Tomoeda; Toru Takaseya; Shuji Fukunaga; Nobuhiko Hayashida; Shigeaki Aoyagi

doi:10.1253/circj.67.1059

Case Report

Transcatheter Coil Embolization of a High-Flow Coronary Artery Fistula Using 0.052-Inch Gianturco Coils

A Case Report

Eiki Tayama, Teiji Akagi, Takahiro Shojima, Hiroshi Tomoeda, Toru Takaseya, Shuji Fukunaga, Nobuhiko Hayashida, Shigeaki Aoyagi

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Keywords: Coronary artery fistula, Gianturco coil, Transcatheter coil embolization

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2003 Volume 67 Issue 12 Pages 1059-1060

DOI https://doi.org/10.1253/circj.67.1059

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Abstract

A giant, high-flow coronary fistula is usually difficult to treat by transcatheter coil embolization, but the 0.052-inch Gianturco coil, which is larger and has a stronger shape memory than conventional coils, is now available. Using this device and additional conventional coils, a high-flow coronary artery fistula in a healthy 31-year-old man was successfully embolized. The new Gianturco coil widens the indication for the transcatheter embolization of coronary artery fistulas. (Circ J 2003; 67: 1059 - 1060)

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