Successful coil embolization for diffuse, multiple pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas

Pediatric Therapeutic Cardiac Catheterization

“…249,250 Such intrapulmonary vascular fistulas can be hereditary or may be acquired following a Glenn procedure or a modified Fontan operation. When intrapulmonary right-to-left shunting is significant, therapy is indicated to improve systemic arterial oxygen content.…”

Steal phenomenon-induced lung perfusion defects in pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas: assessment with automated perfusion SPECT-CT fusion images

“…The detection of such tiny AVFs is important, as the magnitude of the right-to-left shunt does not dependent on the size of the AVF [1,3]. Occasional cases of AVF, which did not show sufficient recovery of hypoxemia after intervention, have been reported [2,15,17,18]. In these cases, other tiny AVFs might be missed [2,13,17,18].…”

“…Occasional cases of AVF, which did not show sufficient recovery of hypoxemia after intervention, have been reported [2,15,17,18]. In these cases, other tiny AVFs might be missed [2,13,17,18]. Reliable fusion images may contribute to the detection and localization of such tiny AVFs before intervention.…”

“…Reliable fusion images may contribute to the detection and localization of such tiny AVFs before intervention. Rarely, can a pulmonary AVF be a form of diffuse telangiectasia [11,12,14,16,17]. This type of AVF is also often missed on other radiological imaging techniques [14,16].…”

Transcatheter closure of a huge pulmonary arteriovenous fistula with embolization coils

“…Congenital pulmonary arteriovenous fistula can be effectively treated with either surgical resection [1][2][3] or transcatheter coil embolization [4][5][6][7][8]. In view of the frequent multiplicity and recurrence after treatment, the modest procedure of coil occlusion seems more favorable than surgery [4][5][6][7][8].…”