Trans-radial closure of coronary artery fistulae using Amplatzer vascular plug IV: A case series.

BACKGROUND

Trans-catheter closure of coronary artery fistulae (CAF) has become a successful alternative to cardiac surgery with excellent results and acceptable low rate of complications. Different techniques and devices are available to treat the extreme anatomical variability of CAF.

AIM: We retrospectively describe our case series of five patients trans-radially treated using an Amplatzer vascular plug IV (AVP-IV) with telescoping catheter technique.

RESULTS

Trans-radial closure of CAF using the "Child in Mother" technique with dedicated catheters to deliver the vascular plugs AVP-IV was successfully performed in all patients, in one case for a complex CAF, an hybrid step approach using coils and plugs was needed.

CONCLUSIONS

Trans-radial closure of CAF using AVP-IV and a telescoping catheter appeared to be safe and feasible in our case series. A persistent closure of CAF was achieved in all patients at 2 year coronary angiography follow-up.