A Case of a Traumatic Systemic-Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistula

Tadanori SAITO; Mitsuo MATSUDA; Tetsu YAMAGUCHI; Tadashi MATSUZAKI; Shinya NAKAGAWA; Nobuharu AKATSUKA

doi:10.1536/ihj.16.196

Tadanori SAITO, Mitsuo MATSUDA, Tetsu YAMAGUCHI, Tadashi MATSUZAKI, Shinya NAKAGAWA, Nobuharu AKATSUKA

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Keywords: Rib fractures, Pulmonary contusion, Pulmonary infection, Congestive heart failure, Continuous murmur

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1975 Volume 16 Issue 2 Pages 196-203

DOI https://doi.org/10.1536/ihj.16.196

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Abstract

A case of systemic-pulmonary arteriovenous fistula is described. Chest trauma with multiple bone fractures 9 years prior to this admission was the suspected cause. Three years after the trauma, chest X-rays revealed abnormal vessels in the right lung. Eight years after the trauma, the patient developed congestive heart failure. This has been well controlled with digitalis and occasional diuretics.

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