title: Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia and pulmonary arteriovenous malformations - embolization with Amplatzer vascular plug.
abstract: Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) are associated to hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia in about 70% of the cases. PAVMs are associated to serious neurologic complications, secondary to inherent paradoxical embolisms. Treatment of the malformations is done to prevent these complications. The authors report a clinical case of a patient with two PAVMs, with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, who was treated by embolization with an Amplatzer vascular plug, a new device increasingly used in these situations. The authors emphasise some of its characteristics and advantages when compared with other embolization techniques most commonly used.
authors.affiliation: Interna Complementar de Pneumologia.
authors.forename: Cláudia Sofia
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Norte
authors.forename: Ilda
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Paulo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Segorbe Luís
authors.forename: Mário
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Loureiro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fontes Baganha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013683:Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / Q000150:complications*