1. Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation and Embolic Myocardial Infarction in a Patient With Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
- Author
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Gabriel Sánchez-Fernández, Raquel Marzoa-Rivas, María José Bello-Peón, Isaac Martínez-Bendayán, and Fernando García-López
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0301 basic medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,HHT - Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia ,Computed tomography ,HHT, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia ,030105 genetics & heredity ,cardiac magnetic resonance ,03 medical and health sciences ,Clinical Vignette ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system ,genetic disorders ,myocardial infarction ,Myocardial infarction ,Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation ,Telangiectasia ,bubble echocardiography ,MI - Myocardial infarction ,AVM, arteriovenous malformation ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,PAVM, pulmonary arteriovenous malformation ,Imaging Vignette ,computed tomography ,medicine.disease ,CT, computed tomography ,pulmonary circulation ,RC666-701 ,occluder ,Cardiology ,MI, myocardial infarction ,medicine.symptom ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Cardiac magnetic resonance ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
This report describes a case of embolic myocardial infarction secondary to a pulmonary arteriovenous malformation. Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations are rare and mostly congenital and are inherited as an autosomal dominant disorder known as hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. Myocardial infarction is an uncommon complication in patients with untreated pulmonary arteriovenous malformations. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.), Graphical abstract, This report describes a case of embolic myocardial infarction secondary to a pulmonary arteriovenous malformation.…
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- 2019