title: Simultaneous treatment of pulmonary AV malformation with rheumatic heart disease.
abstract: Only 13 cases of pulmonary arteriovenous malformation (PAVM) combined with rheumatic heart disease have been reported, and only 3 have been treated simultaneously by surgery. Transcatheter embolotherapy, the first-line treatment of PAVM, avoids major surgery, general anesthesia, and the loss of pulmonary parenchyma, but the subsequent PAVM reperfusion can occur through recanalization of the embolized arteries. We report a case of PAVM with rheumatic heart disease, in which both diseases were simultaneously treated by surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Otemae Hospital, Osaka, Japan. haruhk@wa3.so-net.ne.jp
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kondoh
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shintani