title: High-output heart failure due to hepatic arteriovenous fistula during pregnancy: a case report.
abstract: A 32-year-old multiparous gravida presented at 38 weeks' gestation with a second pregnancy complicated by congestive heart failure. Through noninvasive testing, hepatic arteriovenous malformation was diagnosed as the etiologic factor. This has not been reported as a cause of heart failure in pregnancy, although arteriovenous malformations in other organs have been associated with this complication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Baken
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Julian
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kubo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000209:etiology*