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Transcatheter embolization of multiple intra-pulmonary arterio-venous fistulae with Amplatzer vascular plugs
Author(s) -
Miłosz Jaguszewski,
O. Gaemperli,
Oliver Kretschmar,
M. Greutmann,
Jürg Grünenfelder,
R. Corti
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
european heart journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336
H-Index - 293
eISSN - 1522-9645
pISSN - 0195-668X
DOI - 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs145
Subject(s) - medicine , embolization , radiology , cardiology
A 56-year-old male was referred for percutaneous treatment of multiple-symptomatic persistent pulmonary arterio-venous fistulae (PAVFs). The patient's history included surgical repair of a secundum-type atrial septal defect with closure of right lung PAVFs in 1961, repeat transcatheter radiofrequency ablations for recurrent episodes of intra-atrial re-entrant tachycardia, and implantation of a transvenous dual-chamber pacemaker for sick sinus syndrome in 2002. Over the …

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