Embolization of the coronary-pulmonary fistula of the circumflex artery in a patient with a myocardial infarction and an implanted pacemaker

Abstract

Patient’s history with an implanted pacemaker and a myocardial infarction with a coronary­pulmonary fistula of circumflex artery was analyzed. The article discusses the difficulties of diagnosing this pathology and the possibilities of its curative treatment, as well as the experience of its management in the Clinics of Samara State Medical University.

Keywords

• interventional cardiology
• coronary pulmonary fistula
• intravascular occlusion
• coronary angiography