When and how to close vessels in the cardiac catheterization laboratory

Abstract

Key Points Coil embolization can be used to occlude various vessels and structures in the cardiac catheterization laboratory, such as coronary artery fistulas, left internal mammary artery side branches, coronary artery perforations, and coronary artery aneurysms and pseudoaneurysms. Coiling can be achieved with high success and low complication rates. Since coiling is performed infrequently in the cardiac catheterization laboratory, stocking an appropriate, limited selection of 0.014 inch detachable coils and learning how to deliver and deploy them can literally be a “life saver”!