High-flow renal arteriovenous fistula treated with the Amplatzer vascular plug: implementation of an arterial and venous approach.
We present a 28-year-old man with a large symptomatic arteriovenous fistula (AVF) treated with embolization using the Amplatzer vascular plug (AVP). Although embolization may be considered the first-line therapy in the treatment of AVFs, there is an inherent high risk of migration of the embolic agents into the venous and pulmonary circulations. This case is illustrative of the ease and safety of using this device in high-flow renal AVFs.
Brountzos
Elias N
EN
Second Department of Radiology, Athens University, Medical School, Attikon University Hospital, 1 Rimini St., 12462, Chaidari, Greece. ebrountz@med.uoa.gr
Ptohis
Nikolaos
N
Grammenou-Pomoni
Maria
M
Panagiotou
Irini
I
Kelekis
Dimitrios
D
Gouliamos
Athanasios
A
Kelekis
Nikolaos
N
D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed