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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2016; 26(02): 195-197
DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.184415
Cardiothoracic Imaging

Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

Arun Sharma
Department of Cardiac Radiology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
,
Gurpreet S Gulati
Department of Cardiac Radiology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
,
Neeraj Parakh
Department of Cardiology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
,
Abhinav Aggarwal
Department of Cardiology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
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Abstract

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension is a morbid condition associated with complications such as hemoptysis, right heart failure, paradoxical embolism, and even death. There is no known association of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension with pulmonary arteriovenous malformation. Possible hypothesis for this association is an increased pulmonary vascular resistance leading to the compensatory formation of pulmonary arteriovenous malformation. We present one such case presenting with hemoptysis that was managed with endovascular treatment.

Keywords

Bronchial artery embolization - chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension - pulmonary arteriovenous malformations


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Article published online:
30 July 2021

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