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Retrograde transcatheter closure of large coronary fistulas with the Amplatzer vascular plug in children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2010

Osman Baspinar*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey
Mehmet Kervancioglu
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey
Bedri Aldudak
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey
*
Correspondence to: Dr O. Baspinar, Medical Faculty, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Gaziantep University, 27310 Gaziantep, Turkey. Tel: 0 90 532 345 54 77; Fax: 090 342 360 39 28; E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

We report a retrograde approach for the successful closure of large left coronary artery fistulas in the cases of two children using the Amplatzer vascular plug. This method simplified the procedure by eliminating the need for making an arteriovenous loop.

Type
Brief Reports
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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