Isolated Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistula in a Patient with Recurrent Stroke.

Chia-Ching Wang, Jou-Kou Wang, Jui-Yu Hsu, Chun-An Chen, Mei-Hwan Wu

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Article in Acta Cardiologica Sinica, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Chia-Ching WangDepartment of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital;

Jou-Kou WangDepartment of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital;

Jui-Yu HsuDepartment of Pediatrics, Buddhist Tzu-Chi General Hospital, Taipei branch, Taipei, Taiwan.

Chun-An ChenDepartment of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital;

Mei-Hwan WuDepartment of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital;

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Abstract

unlabelledParadoxical embolism is a risk factor for cryptogenic stroke in young adults, and can be primarily attributed to the presence of patent foramen ovale (PFO). Although contrast echocardiography may facilitate diagnosis, it would be difficult to distinguish a PFO from a pulmonary arteriovenous fistula (PAVF), which could also result in paradoxical embolism. We report a 46-year-old woman with recurrent ischemic stroke, who was scheduled for PFO closure because of a right-to-left shunt detected by contrast echocardiography. The diagnosis turned out to be a PAVF confirmed by angiography. Thereafter, coil embolization of this PAVF was performed successfully. KEY WORDS: Embolic stroke; Patent foramen ovale; Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula; Right-to-left shunt.

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