Percutaneous transcatheter embolization of a large pulmonary arteriovenous fistula with an Amplatzer Vascular Plug

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 328-331

  Ferro, Carlo ^a   Rossi, Umberto G ^a   Bovio, Giulio ^a   Seitun, Sara ^a   Rossi, Giovanni A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amplatzer Vascular Plug; Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula; Transcatheter embolization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR ACCESS DEVICE; VASCULAR PLUG;

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 33846434885     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-005-0348-x     Document Type: Article

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