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Hoang, L.X., Tuyen, L.K., Gia, T.M., Kim Anh, N.T., Dan, D.V.B., Phuong, P.K., Tin, D.N., Hoa, T. and Duc, N.M. (2023) Large Isolated Major Aortopulmonary Collateral Artery Causing Dilated Left Ventricle. Radiology Case Reports, 18, 1530-1535.

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• TITLE: Isolated Major Aortopulmonary Collateral Artery Causing Heart Failure: Transcatheter Occlusion of Mapcas Using Amplatzer Vascular Plugs and Amplatzer Piccolo Occluders

  AUTHORS: Vakhtang Khelashvili, Iuri Fkhkadze, Tengiz Shiryaev, Omar Gogia

  KEYWORDS: Isolated Major Aortopulmonary Collateral Artery, Amplatzer Vascular Plugs, Amplatzer Piccolo Occluder, Mapcas Transcatheter Closure

  JOURNAL NAME: World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases, Vol.13 No.11, November 14, 2023

  ABSTRACT: Major aortopulmonary collateral arteries (MAPCAs) are congenital vessels that arise from the aorta or its first-order branches and are distally connected to the pulmonary arterial vasculature, thereby providing pulmonary blood flow. MAPCAs are often associated with cyanotic congenital heart disease with decreased pulmonary blood flow. Isolated MAPCAs are rare in patients without congenital heart disease with structurally normal hearts. Sometimes, isolated congenital MAPCAs can occur without any lung disease. Isolated MAPCAs represent the occurrence of collaterals in the absence of underlying heart disease, which commonly presents as heart failure, recurrent respiratory tract infection, and pulmonary artery hypertension. We report a rare case of congestive heart failure in a 6-year-old patient with dual arterial supply to an otherwise normal right lung, with a normal bronchial tree, and a structurally normal heart. The patient was successfully managed by the closure of collaterals by Amplatzer vascular plugs II (AVPII) and Amplatzer Piccolo Occluders.