title: Successful transcatheter coil embolizations of complex pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas: the first case in Thailand.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Laohaprasitiporn
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nana
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Habanananda
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kaosaard
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suriyabanteong
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wansanit
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sriyaphai
mesh_terms: 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