A cure for pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas?

Ann Thorac Surg. 1995 Apr;59(4):999-1001. doi: 10.1016/0003-4975(94)00735-p.

Abstract

Diffuse bilateral pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas developed in a cyanotic child with left atrial isomerism, consisting of an interrupted inferior vena cava with continuation of the hemiazygos vein to the isolated left superior vena cava, soon after she underwent a Kawashima operation that left the hepatic veins draining into the common atrium. The fistulas regressed after the hepatic veins were connected to the confluent pulmonary arteries with a left lateral atrial tunnel.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Arteriovenous Fistula / etiology
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / physiopathology
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / surgery*
  • Azygos Vein / abnormalities
  • Child, Preschool
  • Double Outlet Right Ventricle / surgery
  • Female
  • Hemodynamics
  • Hepatic Veins / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome / surgery
  • Postoperative Complications / physiopathology
  • Postoperative Complications / surgery*
  • Pulmonary Artery / surgery*
  • Vena Cava, Inferior / abnormalities*
  • Vena Cava, Inferior / surgery
  • Vena Cava, Superior / abnormalities*
  • Vena Cava, Superior / surgery