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Semin intervent Radiol 2000; Volume 17(Number 02): 171-184
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-9444
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Embolization of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations

James L. Swischuk, Flavio Castañeda, H. Bob Smouse, Paul F. Fox, Terry M. Brady
  • Department of Radiology at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois
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31 December 2000 (online)

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ABSTRACT

Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations are rare lesions frequently seen in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. They can cause a variety of symptoms, including exercise intolerance, pulmonary hemorrhage, and neurologic events related to paradoxical embolization. Early on, surgical therapy was the only alternative for these patients; however, over the past 20 years percutaneous transcatheter embolization has become the preferred method of a treatment.

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Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations - embolization - hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia