Successful percutaneous coil occlusion of a large pulmonary arteriovenous malformation.
Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation is one of the rarest congenital anomalies of cardiovascular system. We present a case of 30-year-old female with a large pulmonary arteriovenous malformation (PAVM) arising from the right lower pulmonary artery and draining to the left atrium. She underwent successful embolization using three detachable Cook coils.
Jameel
Al-Ata
AA
Section of Paediatric Cardiology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Arfi
Amin Muhammed
AM
Ayman
M S
MS
Nasser
Mahdi
M
Amjad
Kouatli
K
Iskandar
Al-Githmi
AG
D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D016896:Treatment Outcome