Postnephrectomy arteriovenous fistula causing "stroke" and congestive heart failure.
A patient presenting with an episode of unconsciousness and congestive heart failure 11 years following nephrectomy was found to have a postnephrectomy arteriovenous fistula. This is the twentieth such patient reported. Before operative correction was performed selective angiography and cardiac catheterization studies were done. The latter discovered a 3.6 1./min. shunt through the fistula. The value of listening over all scars resulting from operations is emphasized.
D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications