Abstract
Purpose: the retrospective evaluation is presented of 3 patients treated with endovascular embolization of arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) in the subclavian region.
Material and Methods: Three patients, 2 women and one man, were treated endovascularly in local anesthesia using microcatheters and fibered platinum microcoils. Two patients were asymptomatic and one had unexplained chest pain.
Results: All 3 AVFs were successfully occluded. One coil slipped through the fistula into the pulmonary circulation but caused no clinical sequelae.
Conclusion: AVFs in the subclavian region can be treated by using microcatheters and fibered platinum microcoils.