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Congential pulmonary arteriovenous fistula is an uncommon malformation which has an abnormal
connection between the pulmonary capillary bed, in which venous blood in the pulmonary artery is
shunted through the fistula into the pulmonary vein without exposure to alveolar air, enters the left
heart, and results in systemic arterial unsaturation, polycythemia, cyanosis and clubbing.
Death often results from cerebral abscess and rupture of the... |
