Abstract
Only 13 cases of pulmonary arteriovenous malformation (PAVM) combined with rheumatic heart disease have been reported, and only 3 have been treated simultaneously by surgery. Transcatheter embolotherapy, the first-line treatment of PAVM, avoids major surgery, general anesthesia, and the loss of pulmonary parenchyma, but the subsequent PAVM reperfusion can occur through recanalization of the embolized arteries. We report a case of PAVM with rheumatic heart disease, in which both diseases were simultaneously treated by surgery.
Key words
Cardiovascular surgery - thoracic surgery - heart valve surgery
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Dr. MD Haruhiko Kondoh
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery
Otemae Hospital
1-5-34, Otemae, Chuo-ku
540-0008 Osaka
Japan
eMail: haruhk@wa3.so-net.ne.jp
