Direct communication between pulmonary artery(ies) and pulmonary vein(s), right-to-left shunt
Congenital (80-90%): Isolated or related to hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT)/Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome
Acquired (10-20%): Hepatopulmonary syndrome, post-surgical, post-traumatic, post-infectious (actinomycosis, schistosomiasis), metastases, following surgery for complex cyanotic congenital heart disease
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General Features
Radiographic Findings
CT Findings
MR Findings
Echocardiographic Findings
Nuclear Medicine Findings
Imaging Recommendations
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
PATHOLOGY
General Features
Gross Pathologic & Surgical Features
CLINICAL ISSUES
Presentation
Demographics
Diagnosis
Natural History & Prognosis
Treatment
DIAGNOSTIC CHECKLIST
Consider
Reporting Tips
Selected References
Contegiacomo A et al: Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations: what the interventional radiologist needs to know. Radiol Med. 124(10):973-88, 2019
Saboo SS et al: Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations: diagnosis. Cardiovasc Diagn Ther. 8(3):325-37, 2018
Tellapuri S et al: Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 35(8):1421-8, 2018
Ryan DJ et al: Follow-up interval for small untreated pulmonary arteriovenous malformations in hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia. Clin Radiol. 72(3):236-41, 2017
Faughnan ME et al: International guidelines for the diagnosis and management of hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia. J Med Genet. 48(2):73-87, 2011
Trerotola SO et al: PAVM embolization: an update. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 195(4):837-45, 2010
Pierucci P et al: New definition and natural history of patients with diffuse pulmonary arteriovenous malformations: twenty-seven-year experience. Chest. 133(3):653-61, 2008
Direct communication between pulmonary artery(ies) and pulmonary vein(s), right-to-left shunt
Congenital (80-90%): Isolated or related to hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT)/Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome
Acquired (10-20%): Hepatopulmonary syndrome, post-surgical, post-traumatic, post-infectious (actinomycosis, schistosomiasis), metastases, following surgery for complex cyanotic congenital heart disease
IMAGING
General Features
Radiographic Findings
CT Findings
MR Findings
Echocardiographic Findings
Nuclear Medicine Findings
Imaging Recommendations
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
PATHOLOGY
General Features
Gross Pathologic & Surgical Features
CLINICAL ISSUES
Presentation
Demographics
Diagnosis
Natural History & Prognosis
Treatment
DIAGNOSTIC CHECKLIST
Consider
Reporting Tips
Selected References
Contegiacomo A et al: Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations: what the interventional radiologist needs to know. Radiol Med. 124(10):973-88, 2019
Saboo SS et al: Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations: diagnosis. Cardiovasc Diagn Ther. 8(3):325-37, 2018
Tellapuri S et al: Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 35(8):1421-8, 2018
Ryan DJ et al: Follow-up interval for small untreated pulmonary arteriovenous malformations in hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia. Clin Radiol. 72(3):236-41, 2017
Faughnan ME et al: International guidelines for the diagnosis and management of hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia. J Med Genet. 48(2):73-87, 2011
Trerotola SO et al: PAVM embolization: an update. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 195(4):837-45, 2010
Pierucci P et al: New definition and natural history of patients with diffuse pulmonary arteriovenous malformations: twenty-seven-year experience. Chest. 133(3):653-61, 2008
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