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Transcatheter Occlusion of a Large Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation Using the Amplatzer Vascular Plug

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Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is a rare entity with well-described signs, symptoms, and complications. Pulmonary AVMs can be congenital or acquired. They have been described in the setting of severe liver disease and after palliation with a Glenn shunt in which the hepatic venous blood flow has been excluded from the pulmonary blood flow. A variety of surgical and transcatheter interventions have been used to occlude AVMs. We report the use of the Amplatzer vascular plug to successfully occlude a pulmonary AVM in a 12-year-old patient.

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  1. Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA

    H. Farra & D.T. Balzer

  2. Children’s Heart Center, Children’s Hospital & Regional Medical Center, 4800 Sand Point Way NE, Mail Stop 4G-1, Seattle, WA, 98105, USA

    H. Farra

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Farra, H., Balzer, D. Transcatheter Occlusion of a Large Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation Using the Amplatzer Vascular Plug. Pediatr Cardiol 26, 683–685 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-004-0857-4

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