The Shunt of It

Brittany M Scarpato1, Jamie McDonald2, Pinar Bayrak-Toydemir2

  • 1Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Utah Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT.

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|May 10, 2023
PubMed
Summary

This study reports the first case of isolated pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) linked to a BMPR2 gene variant, expanding the known genetic causes of PAVMs beyond hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia.

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