title: High-output congestive failure due to arteriovenous fistula resulting from lumbar disc surgery--a case report.
abstract: A patient is described who developed high-output congestive failure following surgery to a lumbar disc. Diagnosis of arteriovenous fistula was suggested by the signs of high-output state and a continuous bruit heard over the low back scar. Confirmation was demonstrated by abdominal aortography. Corrective surgery resulted in resolution of congestive failure.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Browns Mills, New Jersey.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bialy
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Gooch
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shahriari
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001027:Aortography; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002302:Cardiac Output; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000293:injuries*; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000601:surgery*; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D012447:Sacrum / Q000601:surgery; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000293:injuries*