title: Successful percutaneous balloon occlusion of a large pulmonary arteriovenous malformation.
abstract: Percutaneous embolotherapy was carried out successfully in a 79 year old woman with a 56% shunt through a single pulmonary arteriovenous malformation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Duggan
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Grinnell
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Pigott
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography