Endovascular management of a large post-traumatic iliac arteriovenous fistula: utilization of a septal occlusion device

J Vasc Surg. 2008 Dec;48(6):1597-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.06.065.

Abstract

We describe the management of a large iliac arteriovenous fistula in a 48-year-old patient presenting with heart failure and pulmonary hypertension. The presumptive etiology was a left-lower back stab wound approximately 20 years earlier. A large communication between the left internal iliac artery and the left internal iliac vein was successfully treated with a septal occlusion device.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Injuries / complications*
  • Adult
  • Angiography
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / diagnostic imaging
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / etiology
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / surgery*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Equipment Design
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Heart Failure / diagnosis
  • Heart Failure / etiology
  • Heart Failure / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnosis
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / etiology
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / physiopathology
  • Iliac Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Iliac Artery / injuries*
  • Iliac Artery / surgery
  • Iliac Vein / diagnostic imaging
  • Iliac Vein / injuries*
  • Iliac Vein / surgery
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Wedge Pressure
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Stroke Volume
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Vascular Surgical Procedures / instrumentation*
  • Wounds, Stab / complications*