title: Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations after cavopulmonary connection.
abstract: We report the case of a child with hypoplastic left heart syndrome who developed pulmonary arteriovenous (AV) malformations after superior cavopulmonary anastomoses. Resolution of the pulmonary AV malformations occurred following a completion Fontan procedure. This phenomenon has been reported previously, but only in patients with heterotaxy and polysplenia.
authors.affiliation: Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19134-1095, USA.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Pourmoghadam
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Geary
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: V R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Zales
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D018729:Fontan Procedure; D006801:Humans; D018636:Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D007223:Infant; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000601:surgery