Transcatheter Therapeutic Embolization of Multiple Coronary Artery Fistulas
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Transcatheter therapeutic embolization of multiple coronary artery fistulas.
Coronary artery fistulas, although rare, are the most prevalent and hemodynamically significant congenital malformation of the coronary circulation. Diffuse, multiple fistulas involving both the left and right coronary arteries are even rarer. This disorder has traditionally been managed by surgical ligation. However, now that closure by a transcatheter technique has been successful, endovascul...
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عنوان ژورنال: Circulation
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0009-7322,1524-4539
DOI: 10.1161/hc3001.093607