Abstract

SANTOS, Cláudia Sofia et al. Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia and pulmonary arteriovenous malformations - Embolization with Amplatzer vascular plug. Rev Port Pneumol [online]. 2009, vol.15, n.2, pp.331-337. ISSN 0873-2159.

Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) are associated to hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia in about 70% of the cases. PAVMs are associated to serious neurologic complications, secondary to inherent paradoxical embolisms. Treatment of the malformations is done to prevent these complications. The authors report a clinical case of a patient with two PAVMs, with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, who was treated by embolization with na Amplatzer vascular plug, a new device increasingly used in these situations. The authors emphasise some of its characteristics and advantages when compared with other embolization techniques most commonly used.

Keywords : Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations; hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia; Amplatzer vascular plug.

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