Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations after cavopulmonary connection

We report the case of a child with hypoplastic left heart syndrome who developed pulmonary arteriovenous (AV) malformations after superior cavopulmonary anastomoses. Resolution of the pulmonary AV malformations occurred following a completion Fontan procedure. This phenomenon has been reported previ...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery 2000-02, Vol.69 (2), p.634-635
Hauptverfasser:	Jacobs, Marshall L, Pourmoghadam, Kamal K, Geary, Elaine M, Wright, Karen L, Zales, Vincent R
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anastomosis, Surgical Arteriovenous Fistula - etiology Arteriovenous Fistula - surgery Biological and medical sciences Female Fontan Procedure Humans Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome - complications Infant Medical sciences Postoperative Complications Pulmonary Artery - abnormalities Pulmonary Artery - surgery Pulmonary Circulation Pulmonary Veins - abnormalities Pulmonary Veins - surgery Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgery of the heart Vena Cava, Superior - surgery
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Zusammenfassung:	We report the case of a child with hypoplastic left heart syndrome who developed pulmonary arteriovenous (AV) malformations after superior cavopulmonary anastomoses. Resolution of the pulmonary AV malformations occurred following a completion Fontan procedure. This phenomenon has been reported previously, but only in patients with heterotaxy and polysplenia.
ISSN:	0003-4975 1552-6259
DOI:	10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01084-X