Diagnosing pulmonary arteriovenous malformations in the presence of atrial septal defect and anomalous pulmonary venous drainage-An imaging challenge.
Abernethy malformation
contrast echocardiography
pulmonary arteriovenous malformation
Journal
Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.)
ISSN: 1540-8175
Titre abrégé: Echocardiography
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8511187
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
09 2020
09 2020
Historique:
received:
12
06
2020
revised:
20
07
2020
accepted:
21
07
2020
pubmed:
7
8
2020
medline:
24
6
2021
entrez:
7
8
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Saline contrast echocardiography is a simple and effective method to diagnose the presence and type of right-to-left shunt in patients with unexplained cyanosis. It is considered a very sensitive test to diagnose pulmonary arteriovenous malformations. Our patient presented with unexplained cyanosis and transthoracic echocardiography showed an atrial septal defect and anomalous pulmonary venous drainage of the right and left upper pulmonary veins to the superior venacava. We describe how we used saline contrast echocardiography to demonstrate the presence of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations even in the presence of atrial septal defect and anomalous pulmonary venous drainage.
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1492-1494Informations de copyright
© 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC.
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