Alcohol Ablation of Extracardiac Thoracic Tumor

Nikoloz Shekiladze, MD; Omer Mirza, MD; Pratik Sandesara, MD; Beka Bakhtadze, MD; John S. Douglas, Jr., MD

JACC: Case Reports (Dec 2019)

Alcohol Ablation of Extracardiac Thoracic Tumor

Nikoloz Shekiladze, MD,
Omer Mirza, MD,
Pratik Sandesara, MD,
Beka Bakhtadze, MD,
John S. Douglas, Jr., MD

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Nikoloz Shekiladze, MD: Address for correspondence: Dr. Nikoloz Shekiladze, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Programs, 101 Woodruff Circle, WMB 1013, Atlanta, Georgia 30322.; Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
Omer Mirza, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
Pratik Sandesara, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
Beka Bakhtadze, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
John S. Douglas, Jr., MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1, no. 5
pp. 781 – 786

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This case illustrates a novel percutaneous treatment of a highly vascular thoracic tumor impinging on the left atrium and right pulmonary artery by delivery of coils and alcohol ablation via a circumflex coronary artery feeder branch. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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