Three cases of hypertension and renal arteriovenous fistula with a de novo fistula

Natalia Correa Vieira Melo; Juliano Sacramento Mundim; Elerson Carlos Costalonga; Antonio Marmo Lucon; Jose Luiz Santello; Jose Nery Praxedes

doi:10.1590/s0066-782x2009000500018

Three cases of hypertension and renal arteriovenous fistula with a de novo fistula

Arq Bras Cardiol. 2009 May;92(5):e36-8, e63-5. doi: 10.1590/s0066-782x2009000500018.

[Article in English, Multiple languages]

Authors

Natalia Correa Vieira Melo¹, Juliano Sacramento Mundim, Elerson Carlos Costalonga, Antonio Marmo Lucon, Jose Luiz Santello, Jose Nery Praxedes

Affiliation

¹ Departamento de Nefrologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. [email protected]

PMID: 19629281
DOI: 10.1590/s0066-782x2009000500018

Abstract

The Renal Arteriovenous Fistula (RAVF) is a rare and potentially reversible cause of hypertension and kidney and/or heart failure. The treatment of RAVF aims at preserving the most of the renal parenchyma and, concomitantly, eradicating the symptoms and hemodynamic effects caused by the RAVF. The present study reports three cases of RAVF, including one case of a de novo idiopathic RAVF, which presented with hypertension and kidney and/or heart failure and describes the therapeutic measures used to treat these patients as well as the outcomes.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Arteriovenous Fistula / complications*
Arteriovenous Fistula / diagnosis
Female
Heart Failure / etiology
Humans
Hypertension / etiology*
Male
Renal Artery*
Renal Insufficiency / etiology
Renal Veins*