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Title: Diagnosis and management of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations
Authors: Papagiannis, John
Apostolopoulou, Sotiria C.
Rammos, Spyridon
Sarris, G.E.
Keywords: Arteriovenous malformations
Hereditary diseases
Therapeutic embolization
Heterotaxy syndrome
Issue Date: 2002
Publisher: Images in Paediatric Cardiology
Citation: Images in Paediatric Cardiology. 2002, Vol.4(1), p. 33-49
Abstract: Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation is a rare anomaly that presents in several different ways. It can present as an isolated finding, or more often in the context of hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia. It can also complicate palliative surgery such as the Glenn operation for complex congenital heart disease with single ventricle physiology. Its management includes transcatheter embolization, which is the preferred mode of therapy, surgery (including resection of the affected lobe, segment, or the fistula itself), or rarely, medical therapy. Complications of the disease itself and of various modes of treatment are relatively common, and patients require close surveillance for possible recurrence, or development of new fistulas. In cases related to the Glenn operation, redirection of hepatic venous flow or heart transplantation may cure the problem.
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/3876
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