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Comprehensive Endovascular and Open Surgical Management of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations
Published on: October 20, 2017
[Embolotherapy of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations: long-term clinical and radiological follow-up]
R Díaz-Aguilera1, L J Zurera-Tendero, M Canis-López
1Servicio de Radiología, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain. rociodiaz@seram.org
Abstract:
Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVM) are abnormal communications between the pulmonary arteries and pulmonary veins. The large majority are congenital and are commonly associated with Rendu-Osler-Weber disease or hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia. The PAVM may remain asymptomatic or manifest with hypoxemia, hemoptysis, hemothorax and/or neurologic symptoms. Despite its low incidence, the PAVM represent a serious entity that must be taken into account since untreated patients are in risk and present a poor prognosis. Transcatheter embolization with coils or detachable balloons is currently accepted as the treatment of choice. We present 6 patients (5 women and one man) who underwent embolotherapy of PAVM showing the long-term clinical and radiological follow-up.
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