Open AccessMassive Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistula in the Newborn
Author(s) -
Robert J. Hall,
William P. Nelson,
Hu A. Blake,
James P. Geiger
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.31.5.762
Subject(s) - medicine , lesion , fistula , arteriovenous fistula , cardiology , blood flow , pulmonary artery , surgery , radiology
A case of massive pulmonary arteriovenous fistula, diagnosed and treated in the first week of life is reported. A concept of severely altered intrauterine and neonatal pulmonary blood flow is proposed, with consequent left ventricular overload manifested electrocardiographically by left axis deviation and left ventricular preponderance. Consideration of this malformation in seriously ill cyanotic infants with a radiographic density and these electrocardiographic changes is essential, since this is a surgically curable lesion.
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