Treatment of an Iatrogenic Left Internal Mammary Artery to Pulmonary Artery Fistula with a Bovine Pericardium Covered Stent

• DOI: 10.1007/s00270-005-0149-2
• Publication Date: 2006-05-30T15:02:52Z
• Authors: Gulumser Heper; Cem Barcin; Atila Iyisoy; Hasan F. Tore
• Keywords: Male; Middle Aged; Pulmonary Artery; 3. Good health; Radiography; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Coated Materials, Biocompatible; Arterio-Arterial Fistula; Humans; Stents; Coronary Artery Bypass; Mammary Arteries

We report a case with an acquired fistula between the left internal mammary artery and the pulmonary artery following coronary bypass surgery treated with a bovine pericardium covered stent. We also reviewed similar cases reported previously.