Successful transcatheter coil embolizations of complex pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas: the first case in Thailand.
Successful transcatheter coil embolizations of the left lower lobe pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas, the first case in Thailand, in a 6-year-old boy presenting with increased cyanosis was reported. Transcatheter management of unusual sites of right-to-left intrapulmonary shunting can provide gratifying clinical improvement in some children.
Laohaprasitiporn
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Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Nana
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Habanananda
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Kaosaard
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Suriyabanteong
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Wansanit
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Sriyaphai
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D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013785:Thailand