pulmonary arteriovenous fistula(English)

• rare vascular malformation (PAVM) of the lung that could lead to severe hypoxiemia due to right-to-left intrapulmonary shunts. May occur as isolated entities or associated with Osler-Rendu-Weber syndrome or hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT)
• HHT, PAVM
• Vascular disease, Congenital disorders, Pulmonology, Cardiology
• http://pubmed.n…h.gov/18700694/