A single polytetrafluoroethylene-covered stent graft can be used to successfully treat concomitant LAD stenosis and a coronary-to-pulmonary artery fistula.
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Single covered stent may treat combined stenosis and fistula; case report leaves open generalizability and need for prospective data.
This report describes a case of a 47-year-old man who presented with early post-Q wave myocardial infarction angina and an atherosclerotic left anterior descending stenosis associated to a coronary-to-pulmonary artery fistula. Both coronary stenosis and fistula were successfully treated with a single polytetrafluoroethylene-covered stent graft implantation by intravascular ultrasound-guided procedure.
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