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Archivos de cardiología de México

versión On-line ISSN 1665-1731versión impresa ISSN 1405-9940

Arch. Cardiol. Méx. vol.92 no.3 Ciudad de México jul./sep. 2022  Epub 08-Ago-2022

https://doi.org/10.24875/acm.21000066 

Letters to the editor

Percutaneous occlusion of five pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas in the same pulmonary lobe

Oclusión percutánea de cinco fístulas arteriovenosas pulmonares en el mismo lóbulo pulmonar

Marco A. Ruiz-Ontiveros1  * 

Alejandro Flores-Arizmendi1 

Antonio Salgado-Sandoval1 

1Departamento de Cardiología Pediátrica, Centro Médico Nacional 20 de Noviembre, Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado (ISSSTE). Mexico City, Mexico


Introduction

Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) or Osler Weber Rendu Syndrome (OWRS) is a multiorgan disorder, of autosomal dominant inheritance, resulting in fibrovascular dysplasia with multiple arteriovenous malformations in different organs1.

Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations are the most common pulmonary findings found in patients with HHT2,3. They can be asymptomatic or may present various symptoms such as cyanosis, dyspnea, heart failure, hemoptysis, and paradoxical embolism4.

Case

A 9-year-old female presented with cyanosis, dizziness, and headache for a month. No family history for heart disease. No murmurs, peripheral cyanosis, oxygen saturation 70% and normal electrocardiogram. The echocardiogram did not report structural abnormalities but with a positive bubbles test appearing after three cardiac cycles. She was referred with a report without images of pulmonary computed tomography that reported two arteriovenous malformations in the left lower lobe.

Interventional catheterization was performed, a catheter was advanced through a venous access to the lower left lobar artery, angiography was performed to identify the pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas, four were identified (Fig. 1), it was started by the central one, an Amplatzer® Vascular Plug device II of 10 mm was advanced and delivered. This procedure was repeated, cannulating the other three malformations, which were a few millimeters from the first one; a 12, 6, and 8 mm vascular plugs were used, respectively. A final angiogram showed occlusion of all four vessels (Fig. 1). Peripheral oxygen saturation in ambient air increased from 70% to 95%. The procedure was completed without complications.

Figure 1 (Right) Selective angiography of the left lower lobar showing three pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas in this projection. (Left) Control after implantation of 4 Amplatzer vascular plugs II occlusion device. 

Six-monthly follow-up was given and after 6 years the patient was asymptomatic, but her oxygen saturation decreased to 82%, so we performed a new diagnostic and interventional catheterization. Multiple angiographies were performed where a single anomalous vessel was identified (Fig. 2), we decided to use an 8 mm Amplatzer® Vascular Plug device II, Subsequent angiography confirmed total occlusion of the fistula and no other was observed. (Fig. 2), the patient had no complications and the oxygen saturation increased to 92%.

Figure 2 (Left) Left lower lobar angiography showing devices from a previous procedure and evidence of a new pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas. (Right) All five devices are observed, with no evidence of residual shunt. 

Discussion

OWRS occurs in approximately 10 to 20 individuals per 100,0003. With vascular involvement at different levels, being the pulmonary the most frequent, and the pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas the most reported lesions in these patients.

Until the 1980s, the treatment options in these cases were partial or total lobectomies, after which various percutaneous occlusion devices, mainly coils, began to be used with different degrees of success. The main difference between these approaches was the evolution and days of hospitalization.

In recent years, Amplatzer® devices have been the preferred device for occlusion of this type and, in general, for vascular malformations5,6. In the review of national and international publications, we did not find another case in which this number of malformations has been occluded percutaneously in the same patient and especially in the same lung, in some of the reported cases they were single lesions, and in those with multiple pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas, the location and/or size was not feasible for closure7-9.

Conclusion

We present a successful case of occlusion of five pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas in the same pulmonary lobe with five devices in two different procedures 6 years apart in an adolescent patient with HHT. The patient is now asymptomatic with normal oxygen saturation.

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FundingThis research received no specific grant from any funding agency, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

Ethical disclosures

Protection of human and animal subjects. The authors declare that the procedures followed were in accordance with the regulations of the relevant clinical research ethics committee and with those of the Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki).

Confidentiality of data. The authors declare that they have followed the protocols of their work center on the publication of patient data.

Right to privacy and informed consent. The authors have obtained the written informed consent of the patients or subjects mentioned in the article. The corresponding author is in possession of this document.

Received: February 26, 2021; Accepted: August 18, 2021

* Correspondence: Marco A. Ruiz-Ontiveros E-mail: mco0403@gmail.com

Conflicts of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

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