[Occlusion of a pulmonary arteriovenous fistula with an amplatzer vascular plug].
Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations are rare anomalies that carry a considerable risk of serious complications such as cerebral thromboembolism or abscess and pulmonary hemorrhage. The first-line treatment of such malformations is detachable coil or balloon embolotherapy. However, coils and balloons may migrate and cause paradoxical embolism especially in malformations with large arteriovenous shunts. We report a case in which we used a new vascular occlusion device (amplatzer vascular plug), to occlude a pulmonary arteriovenous fistula in a patient with Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome.
Baldi
Sebastián
S
Servicio de Diagnóstico y Terapéutica Endoluminal, Hospital Hospiten Rambla, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain. sebaldi73@yahoo.com
Rostagno
Román D
RD
Zander
Tobías
T
Rabellino
Martín
M
Maynar
Manuel
M
D000328:Adult; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016156:Respiratory Tract Fistula / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D013683:Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / Q000150:complications