Transcatheter occlusion of a large pulmonary arteriovenous malformation using the Amplatzer vascular plug

Pediatr Cardiol. 2005 Sep-Oct;26(5):683-5. doi: 10.1007/s00246-004-0857-4.

Abstract

Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is a rare entity with well-described signs, symptoms, and complications. Pulmonary AVMs can be congenital or acquired. They have been described in the setting of severe liver disease and after palliation with a Glenn shunt in which the hepatic venous blood flow has been excluded from the pulmonary blood flow. A variety of surgical and transcatheter interventions have been used to occlude AVMs. We report the use of the Amplatzer vascular plug to successfully occlude a pulmonary AVM in a 12-year-old patient.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Arteriovenous Malformations / therapy*
  • Child
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / instrumentation*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Pulmonary Artery / abnormalities*
  • Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Artery / surgery
  • Pulmonary Veins / abnormalities*
  • Pulmonary Veins / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Veins / surgery
  • Radiography