Transcatheter embolization of hepatic arteriovenous fistulas in Rendu-Osler-Weber disease: a case report and review of the literature

Eur Radiol. 1999;9(7):1434-7. doi: 10.1007/s003300050865.

Abstract

A patient with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia and diffuse intrahepatic arteriovenous fistulas developed secondary high-output ventricular failure and pulmonary hypertension. A serial staged hepatic arterial coil embolization was performed with long-term resultant haemodynamic and clinical improvement. The methods of this procedure and related complications are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angiography
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / diagnostic imaging
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / therapy*
  • Catheterization, Peripheral / instrumentation*
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / instrumentation*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver / blood supply*
  • Middle Aged
  • Retreatment
  • Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / diagnostic imaging
  • Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / therapy*