Long-term observation of a case of pulmonary arteriovenous fistula with pulmonary hypertension.
A case of pulmonary arteriovenous fistula (PAVF) with pulmonary hypertension (PH) occurring in an adult woman is described. Resection of PAVF was not performed and she has been followed up for 5 years, receiving repeated right cardiac catheterization. We discuss the causal relationship of PH and the development of PAVF.
Yoshida
F
F
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya University School of Medicine.
Terasawa
A
A
Hosoe
M
M
Mishima
N
N
Suzuki
M
M
Goshima
K
K
D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*