- Original Article
- Treatment of Congenital Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistula with Therapeutic Embolization in a Child.
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Byung Hee Kim, Young Soo Chun, Jin Soo Choi, Jae Sook Ma, Tai Ju Hwang, Jae Kyu Kim
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Clin Exp Pediatr. 1990;33(6):835-841. Published online June 30, 1990
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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... |
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