Closure of a large pulmonary arteriovenous malformation using multiple Gianturco-Grifka vascular occlusion devices

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2000 Apr;49(4):426-9. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1522-726x(200004)49:4<426::aid-ccd17>3.0.co;2-c.

Abstract

A large pulmonary arteriovenous malformation was successfully occluded using multiple Gianturco-Grifka vascular occlusion devices. The filler wire protruded from one of the devices and was successfully retrieved 3 weeks after implantation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angiography
  • Arteriovenous Malformations / diagnostic imaging
  • Arteriovenous Malformations / therapy*
  • Child
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / instrumentation*
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung / blood supply*
  • Retreatment