title: Transcatheter embolization of hepatic arteriovenous fistulas in Rendu-Osler-Weber disease: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: A patient with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia and diffuse intrahepatic arteriovenous fistulas developed secondary high-output ventricular failure and pulmonary hypertension. A serial staged hepatic arterial coil embolization was performed with long-term resultant haemodynamic and clinical improvement. The methods of this procedure and related complications are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Catholic University of Leuven, University Hospitals, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stockx
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Raat
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Caerts
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Van Cutsem
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wilms
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marchal
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply*; D008875:Middle Aged; D019233:Retreatment; D013683:Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*