Transcatheter Closure of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation to Facilitate Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2018 Mar 26;11(6):e45-e46. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2017.12.014. Epub 2018 Mar 1.

Authors

Arka Chatterjee¹, Ashley E Jackson², Deepak Acharya², Mark A Law³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama. Electronic address: achatterjee@uabmc.edu.
² Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
³ Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.

PMID: 29501545
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2017.12.014

No abstract available

Keywords: pulmonary AVM; pulmonary hypertension; transcatheter closure.

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Arterial Pressure
Arteriovenous Malformations / complications
Arteriovenous Malformations / diagnostic imaging
Arteriovenous Malformations / physiopathology
Arteriovenous Malformations / therapy*
Catheterization, Swan-Ganz* / instrumentation
Computed Tomography Angiography
Echocardiography
Female
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnosis
Hypertension, Pulmonary / etiology
Hypertension, Pulmonary / physiopathology
Hypertension, Pulmonary / therapy*
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Artery / abnormalities*
Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Artery / physiopathology
Pulmonary Circulation
Pulmonary Veins / abnormalities*
Pulmonary Veins / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Veins / physiopathology
Treatment Outcome