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It hurts to swallow! Pseudoachalasia resulting from attempted transcatheter occlusion of a giant congenital coronary artery fistula.

Jonathan LeRoderick C DeanoAmish N Raval
Published in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2019)
Congenital coronary artery fistula (CAF) is a rare anomaly that can cause heart failure and myocardial ischemia. In recent decades, transcatheter approaches to occlude CAF have emerged as minimally invasive alternatives to surgical ligation. Reported complications with transcatheter CAF occlusion include device embolization and dissection. We report the first case of attempted transcatheter occlusion of a giant CAF that resulted in severe pseudoachalasia.
Keyphrases
  • coronary artery
  • heart failure
  • minimally invasive
  • pulmonary artery
  • left ventricular
  • atrial fibrillation
  • rare case