Huge arteriovenous malformation due to chronic infection

Autor: Selim Kervancioglu, Levent Elbeyli, Bülent Tunçözgür, Muammer Cumhur Sivrikoz
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. 3:257-259
ISSN: 1569-9293
DOI: 10.1016/j.icvts.2003.11.012
Popis: Acquired pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) related to chronic infections are extremely rare. We report a 32-year-old male patient having a huge pulmonary AVMs being fed with multi-systemic vascular divisions weeded in ascending aorta due to chronic infection. The AVMs were managed by combined intra-arterial embolization and surgical resection.
Databáze: OpenAIRE