Transcatheter closure of fistula between the right pulmonary artery and left atrium using the Amplatzer duct occluder

Edwin Francis; Kothandam Sivakumar; Raman Krishna Kumar

doi:10.1002/ccd.20069

Transcatheter closure of fistula between the right pulmonary artery and left atrium using the Amplatzer duct occluder

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2004 Sep;63(1):83-6. doi: 10.1002/ccd.20069.

Authors

Edwin Francis¹, Kothandam Sivakumar, Raman Krishna Kumar

Affiliation

¹ Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center, Kochi, Kerala, India.

PMID: 15343574
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.20069

Abstract

A congenital fistula between the right pulmonary artery and the left atrium is a rare condition that results in cyanosis. We report a successful catheter-based closure of such a fistula in a 12-year-old using an Amplatzer duct occluder. The patient also had an atrial septal defect that was closed with an Amplatzer septal occluder.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cardiac Catheterization*
Child
Embolization, Therapeutic / instrumentation*
Female
Femoral Artery / abnormalities
Femoral Artery / diagnostic imaging
Femoral Artery / surgery
Heart Atria / abnormalities*
Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging
Heart Atria / surgery
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / diagnostic imaging
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / therapy*
Humans
Pulmonary Artery / abnormalities*
Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Artery / surgery
Radiography
Vascular Fistula / diagnostic imaging
Vascular Fistula / therapy*