A rare case of pulmonary hypertension. As a result of arteriovenous fistula after cardiac surgery

Int Heart J. 2005 May;46(3):551-6. doi: 10.1536/ihj.46.551.

Abstract

A 19 year-old woman who underwent corrective surgery for an atrial septal defect (ASD) and ventricular septal defect (VSD) 12 years previously presented with pulmonary hypertension. Cardiac catheterization showed a fistula between the right subclavian artery and vena jugularis interna. In this case, a rare example of secondary pulmonary hypertension due to acquired arteriovenous fistula after cardiac surgery is presented.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / adverse effects*
  • Female
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / surgery
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / surgery
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnosis
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / etiology*
  • Jugular Veins*
  • Subclavian Artery*
  • Vascular Fistula / complications*
  • Vascular Fistula / etiology