Catheter occlusion of a pulmonary arteriovenous fistula in a patient 65 years old with paradoxical ischemic stroke: 2-year follow-up

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2014 Sep;7(9):e113-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2014.01.178.

Authors

Basil Vasilios D Thanopoulos¹, George Papaioannou²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Interventional Pediatric Cardiology, Iatrikon Medical Center, Athens, Greece. Electronic address: vthanop@otenet.gr.
² Department of Interventional Pediatric Cardiology, Iatrikon Medical Center, Athens, Greece.

PMID: 25234685
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2014.01.178

No abstract available

Keywords: device closure; pulmonary arteriovenous fistula; transient ischemia.

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Aged
Arteriovenous Fistula / complications
Arteriovenous Fistula / diagnosis
Arteriovenous Fistula / physiopathology
Arteriovenous Fistula / therapy*
Brain Ischemia / diagnosis
Brain Ischemia / etiology
Brain Ischemia / physiopathology
Brain Ischemia / prevention & control*
Cardiac Catheterization
Catheterization* / instrumentation
Embolism, Paradoxical / diagnosis
Embolism, Paradoxical / etiology
Embolism, Paradoxical / physiopathology
Embolism, Paradoxical / prevention & control*
Female
Humans
Ischemic Attack, Transient / diagnosis
Ischemic Attack, Transient / etiology
Ischemic Attack, Transient / physiopathology
Ischemic Attack, Transient / prevention & control*
Multidetector Computed Tomography
Pulmonary Artery / abnormalities*
Pulmonary Artery / physiopathology
Pulmonary Veins / abnormalities*
Pulmonary Veins / physiopathology
Recurrence
Stroke / diagnosis
Stroke / etiology
Stroke / physiopathology
Stroke / prevention & control*
Treatment Outcome

Supplementary concepts

Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistulas