Coronary–Cameral Fistula Caused by Guidewire Trauma and Resolved by Coil Embolization

Abstract

A 57-year-old woman presented with effort angina. A coronary angiogram revealed critical 2-vessel disease, for which she subsequently underwent percutaneous coronary intervention. During angioplasty, a coronary guidewire—inadvertently passed into the right ventricle through the septal branches of the posterior descending coronary artery—caused a coronary artery-to-right ventricular fistula. This fistula was successfully closed percutaneously by coil embolization. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a case in which a coronary artery-to-right ventricular fistula caused by a guidewire was managed successfully by coil embolization.