title: [Therapy of pulmonary arteriovenous aneurysm].
abstract: Connections of branches of the pulmonary artery to branches of the pulmonary vein resulting in aneurysmatic dilatation are defined as pulmonary arterio-venous aneurysm (pava). The spontaneous course shows a morbidity of 26% and a mortality of 11% within a six-year observation period following diagnosis. If there is an arterial branch with small diameter (< 15 mm) we recommend the embolisation with the catheter; this procedure is less stressing for the patient and does not involve the loss of pulmonary tissue. If the arterial branch has a big diameter, if a complex pava or a pulmonary abscess is present a conventional surgical resection should be envisaged.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Thorax-, Herz- und Gefässchirurgie, Inselspital Bern.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Mouton
authors.forename: H U
authors.initials: HU
authors.lastname: Würsten
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kipfer
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Im Hof
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Triller
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Althaus
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D013683:Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy
vernacular_title: Zur Therapie des pulmonalen arterio-venösen Aneurysmas.