title: Successful bilateral uterine artery embolization during an ongoing pregnancy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Uterine arteriovenous malformations are rare, potentially life-threatening, vascular anomalies.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a case of a large arteriovenous malformation diagnosed during pregnancy that was successfully treated with bilateral uterine artery embolization at 20 weeks of gestation during an ongoing pregnancy. The procedure was uncomplicated, did not result in any fetal heart-rate changes, and, at 35 weeks of gestation, a liveborn male neonate was delivered through repeat cesarean without complications. Both the patient and her son are doing well more than 2 years after the procedure.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Uterine artery embolization during an ongoing pregnancy did not result in acute complications to the fetus or mother.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Science and the Department of Interventional Radiology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, and Carnegie Hill Imaging for Women, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Andrei
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rebarber
authors.forename: Nathan S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: Donna A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Eckstein
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Lookstein
authors.forename: Daniel H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Saltzman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D001158:Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities*; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D055357:Uterine Artery Embolization; D014599:Uterus / Q000098:blood supply