학술논문

A case report: percutaneous management of high-output heart failure from iatrogenic aortocoronary venous grafting to the coronary sinus
Case Report
Document Type
Academic Journal
Source
The Egyptian Heart Journal. July 5, 2021, Vol. 73 Issue 1
Subject
Heart failure
Sennosides
Tiotropium
Torsemide
Medical errors
Organ transplantation
Heart
Cardiac patients
Coronary artery bypass
Insulin glargine
Insulin aspart
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
Language
English
ISSN
1110-2608
Abstract
Author(s): Akarsh Parekh [sup.1] [sup.2], Vivek Sengupta [sup.1] [sup.2], Ryan Malek [sup.1] [sup.2], Mark Zainea [sup.1] [sup.3] Author Affiliations: (1) grid.429349.1, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, McLaren Macomb-Oakland Medical Center, , [...]
Background Aortocoronary arteriovenous fistula (ACAVF) due to iatrogenic bypass grafting to a cardiac vein is an exceedingly rare complication resulting from coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. If not identified in a timely fashion, ACAVF has known significant clinical consequences related to left to right shunting and possible residual myocardial ischemia. Case presentation An 82-year-old male with a history of CABG, presented with dyspnea. Over the span of 2 years following CABG, the patient experienced progressive exertional dyspnea and peripheral edema. The patient was found to have a new cardiomyopathy with a severely reduced ejection fraction at 30-35%. The patient underwent diagnostic left heart catheterization, and an ACAVF was discovered between a saphenous vein graft and the coronary sinus. The patient underwent successful percutaneous coiling of the ACAVF with no residual flow. Follow-up echocardiography at 3 months revealed restoration of left ventricular systolic function to 50% and significant improvement in heart failure symptoms. Conclusions ACAVF is an exceedingly rare iatrogenic complication of CABG that may result in residual ischemia from the non-grafted myocardial territory and other sequelae relating to left to right shunting and a high-output state. Management for this pathology includes but is not limited to the use of percutaneous coiling, implantation of covered stents, graft removal and regrafting, and ligation.