TY - JOUR
T1 - Hereditary hemorrhagic teleangectasia
T2 - Interventional treatment of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations in the pediatric population
AU - Pongiglione, Giacomo
AU - Pongiglione, Carola
PY - 2006/9
Y1 - 2006/9
N2 - Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations are present in a large proportion of children with hereditary hemorrhagic teleangectasia. The major risk caused by such a malformation is paradoxical embolism and cerebral stroke. Currently, only feeding arteries of 3 mm in diameter or more are considered appropriate for embolization. The purpose of this review is to describe the unique features of hereditary hemorrhagic teleangectasia in the pediatric population and to report our cases of embolization of arteriovenous malformations in such patients. We believe that feeding arteries <3 mm in size should be embolized in the pediatric age group.
AB - Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations are present in a large proportion of children with hereditary hemorrhagic teleangectasia. The major risk caused by such a malformation is paradoxical embolism and cerebral stroke. Currently, only feeding arteries of 3 mm in diameter or more are considered appropriate for embolization. The purpose of this review is to describe the unique features of hereditary hemorrhagic teleangectasia in the pediatric population and to report our cases of embolization of arteriovenous malformations in such patients. We believe that feeding arteries <3 mm in size should be embolized in the pediatric age group.
KW - Cyanosis
KW - Embolization
KW - Rendu-Osler-Weber disease
KW - Stroke
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ppedcard.2006.07.006
DO - 10.1016/j.ppedcard.2006.07.006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33748574943
VL - 22
SP - 175
EP - 177
JO - Progress in Pediatric Cardiology
JF - Progress in Pediatric Cardiology
SN - 1058-9813
IS - 2 SPEC. ISS.
ER -