title: Primary transcatheter treatment of congenital pulmonary arteriovenous malformation causing cyanosis of the newborn.
abstract: We report on successful transcatheter therapy of congenital pulmonary arteriovenous malformation resolving persistent cyanosis and obviating the need for surgical pneumonectomy or lobectomy.
authors.affiliation: Joint Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Nebraska and Creighton University, Children's Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska 68114, USA. sfletche@pcard.unmc.edu
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Fletcher
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Cheatham
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Bolam
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D003490:Cyanosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016896:Treatment Outcome