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High-Flow Renal Arteriovenous Fistula Treated with the Amplatzer Vascular Plug: Implementation of an Arterial and Venous Approach

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We present a 28-year-old man with a large symptomatic arteriovenous fistula (AVF) treated with embolization using the Amplatzer vascular plug (AVP). Although embolization may be considered the first-line therapy in the treatment of AVFs, there is an inherent high risk of migration of the embolic agents into the venous and pulmonary circulations. This case is illustrative of the ease and safety of using this device in high-flow renal AVFs.

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  1. Second Department of Radiology, Athens University, Medical School, Attikon University Hospital, 1 Rimini St., 12462, Chaidari, Greece

    Elias N. Brountzos, Nikolaos Ptohis, Irini Panagiotou, Athanasios Gouliamos & Nikolaos Kelekis

  2. Unit of Research and Imaging, Evgenidion Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Maria Grammenou-Pomoni & Dimitrios Kelekis

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Brountzos, E.N., Ptohis, N., Grammenou-Pomoni, M. et al. High-Flow Renal Arteriovenous Fistula Treated with the Amplatzer Vascular Plug: Implementation of an Arterial and Venous Approach. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 32, 543–547 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-008-9383-8

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