Unusual complications after embolization of a pulmonary arteriovenous malformation.

Haitjema, T; ten Berg, J M; Overtoom, T T; Ernst, J M; Westermann, C J · Chest · 1996

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A pulmonary arteriovenous malformation was embolized in a patient with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. Several unusual complications, including early deflation of a detachable balloon, migration of a coil, and development of severe pulmonary hypertension, occurred. Pulmonary hypertension was attributed to a coexistent left-to-right shunt caused by a large hepatic arteriovenous malformation.

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