Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations after cavopulmonary connection.
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.
Jacobs
M L
ML
Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19134-1095, USA.
Pourmoghadam
K K
KK
Geary
E M
EM
Wright
K L
KL
Zales
V R
VR
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