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Liang J, Chen Y, Zhou J, Zheng M, Liu F, Ye S, Chen J, Ji Y. Bilateral Lung Transplantation for Congenital Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistula with Intraoperative Venovenous ECMO Support: The First Case Report in China. Front Surg 2022; 9:861797. [PMID: 35711704 PMCID: PMC9194088 DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2022.861797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula (PAVF) is a rare pulmonary vascular lesion, more than 80% of which is caused by congenital abnormal development of pulmonary capillaries. The incidence of PAVF ranges from 2/100,000 to 3/100,000, with no difference in the male and female ratio. Congenital PAVF is often associated with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT). In this article, we report a patient with only congenital PAVF that was successfully treated by bilateral lung transplantation (BLT) with intraoperative venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support because both lungs have been affected by PAVF and secondary pulmonary hypertension. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of BLT for PAVF in China and the second report that explains the clinical course of a patient to receive BLT for congenital PAVF without HHT. Some investigators have proposed lung transplantation as a definitive treatment, but the results are controversial. On the basis of the current condition of this patient, we believe lung transplantation is a viable option for certain patients, but the long-term effect remains to be studied.
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- Correspondence: Yong Ji Jingyu Chen
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Lombardi M, Del Buono MG, Princi G, Locorotondo G, Lombardo A, Vergallo R, Montone RA, Burzotta F, Trani C, Crea F, Sanna T. Platypnoea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome as an Uncommon Cause of Dyspnoea: a Literature Review. Intern Med J 2021; 52:921-925. [PMID: 34935270 PMCID: PMC9321992 DOI: 10.1111/imj.15669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2021] [Revised: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Platypnoea-Orthodeoxia syndrome (POS) is an uncommon but challenging clinical condition characterized by positional dyspnoea (platypnoea) and arterial desaturation (orthodeoxia) in the upright position that improve in the supine position. Since its first description, many cases have been reported and many conditions have been associated with this syndrome. Herein we review the clinical presentation, pathophysiology, diagnostic work-up and management of patients with POS, aiming at increasing the awareness of this often misdiagnosed condition. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Marco Lombardi
- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.,Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.,Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.,Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.,Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.,Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.,Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.,Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.,Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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Iida T, Sato M, Nakajima J. Resection of clustered arteriovenous malformations to avoid lung transplantation. Ann Thorac Surg 2021; 112:e253-e256. [PMID: 33539783 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.01.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2020] [Accepted: 01/17/2021] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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A 54-year-old man with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia and severe hypoxemia was referred for lung transplantation. Embolization had not been performed because of numerous bilateral small pulmonary arteriovenous malformations. Although he appeared to be qualified for lung transplantation, we instead performed bilateral thoracoscopic multiple wide wedge resections because of his age, lifestyle as a farmer, and relatively clustered distribution of arteriovenous malformations. Intermittent bilateral ventilation was needed because of poor oxygenation in the early stages of surgery, but his oxygenation improved as the resection progressed. His postoperative oxygenation improved significantly, and lung transplantation was avoided.
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- Takahiro Iida
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Majumdar S, McWilliams JP. Approach to Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations: A Comprehensive Update. J Clin Med 2020; 9:E1927. [PMID: 32575535 PMCID: PMC7356967 DOI: 10.3390/jcm9061927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2020] [Revised: 06/12/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) are abnormal direct vascular communications between pulmonary arteries and veins which create high-flow right-to-left shunts. They are most frequently congenital, usually in the setting of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT). PAVMs may be asymptomatic or present with a wide variety of clinical manifestations such as dyspnea, hypoxemia, or chest pain. Even when asymptomatic, presence of PAVMs increases patients' risk of serious, potentially preventable complications including stroke or brain abscess. Transcatheter embolotherapy is considered the gold standard for treatment of PAVMs. Though previous guidelines have been published regarding the management of PAVMs, several aspects of PAVM screening and management remain debated among the experts, suggesting the need for thorough reexamination of the current literature. The authors of this review present an updated approach to the diagnostic workup and management of PAVMs, with an emphasis on areas of controversy, based on the latest literature and our institutional experience.
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Shovlin CL, Buscarini E, Hughes JMB, Allison DJ, Jackson JE. Long-term outcomes of patients with pulmonary arteriovenous malformations considered for lung transplantation, compared with similarly hypoxaemic cohorts. BMJ Open Respir Res 2017; 4:e000198. [PMID: 29071074 PMCID: PMC5652477 DOI: 10.1136/bmjresp-2017-000198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2017] [Revised: 05/03/2017] [Accepted: 05/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) may not be amenable to treatment by embolisation or surgical resection, and many patients are left with significant hypoxaemia. Lung transplantation has been undertaken. There is no guidance on selection criteria. METHODS To guide transplantation listing assessments, the outcomes of the six patients who had been considered for transplantation were compared with a similarly hypoxaemic patient group recruited prospectively between 2005 and 2016 at the same UK institution. RESULTS Six patients had been formally considered for lung transplantation purely for PAVMs. One underwent a single lung transplantation for diffuse PAVMs and died within 4 weeks of surgery. The other five were not transplanted, in four cases at the patients' request. Their current survival ranges from 16 to 27 (median 21) years post-transplant assessment. Of 444 consecutive patients with PAVMs recruited between 2005 and 2016, 42 were similarly hypoxaemic to the 'transplant-considered' cohort (SaO2 <86.5%). Hypoxaemic cohorts maintained arterial oxygen content (CaO2) through secondary erythrocytosis and higher haemoglobin. The 'transplant-considered' cohort had similar CaO2 to the hypoxaemic comparator group, but higher Medical Research Council (MRC) dyspnoea scores (p=0.023), higher rates of cerebral abscesses (p=0.0043) and higher rates of venous thromboemboli (p=0.0009) that were evident before and after the decision to list for transplantation. CONCLUSIONS The non-transplanted patients demonstrated marked longevity. Symptoms and comorbidities were better predictors of health than oxygen measurements. While a case-by-case decision, weighing survival estimates and quality of life will help patients in their decision making, the data suggest a very strong case must be made before lung transplantation is considered.
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- Claire L Shovlin
- NHLI Vascular Science, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Respiratory Medicine, and VASCERN HHT European Reference Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Gastroenterology Department, and VASCERN HHT European Reference Centre, Maggiore Hospital, ASST Crema, Crema, Italy
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- Department of Imaging, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Imaging, and VASCERN HHT European Reference Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
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Rauh N, Gurley J, Saha S. Contemporary Management of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations. Int J Angiol 2017; 26:205-211. [PMID: 29142484 DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1607033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) are atypical vascular structures involving a direct connection between the pulmonary arterial and venous circulations. While PAVMs are a relatively uncommon disorder, unmanaged cases are at risk for the development of serious complications including embolization and infection. Since their first description in 1897, PAVMs have been identified and treated in a variety of ways. Advancements in diagnostic methods and operative techniques have allowed for more effective treatment of the disease. Most recently, the use of vascular plug transcatheter embolization has been described as an effective therapeutic procedure in the management of PAVMs. In this report, we present our experience with nine cases of PAVMs treated at the University of Kentucky, including special consideration of an exemplary case that illustrates the typical course of treatment for the disease.
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- Nicholas Rauh
- University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky
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The multiple dimensions of Platypnea-Orthodeoxia syndrome: A review. Respir Med 2017; 129:31-38. [PMID: 28732833 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2017.05.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2016] [Revised: 05/27/2017] [Accepted: 05/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Platypnea-Orthodeoxia syndrome (POS) is a rare clinical entity characterized by dyspnea and arterial desaturation while in the upright position. The various pathophysiologic mechanisms leading to POS has puzzled clinicians for years. The hypoxia in POS has been attributed to the mixing of the deoxygenated venous blood with the oxygenated arterial blood via a shunt. The primary mechanisms of POS in these patients can be broadly classified based on intracardiac abnormalities, extracardiac abnormalities and miscellaneous etiologies. A Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) was the most common reported site of an intracardiac shunt. In addition to PFO, intracardiac shunt leading to POS has been reported from either an Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) or an Atrial Septal Aneurysm (ASA). Most patients with an intracardiac shunt also demonstrated a secondary anatomic or a functional defect. Extracardiac causes of POS included intra-pulmonary arteriovenous malformations and lung parenchymal diseases. A systematic evaluation is necessary to identify the underlying cause and institute an appropriate intervention. We conducted a review of literature and reviewed 239 cases of POS. In this article, we review the etiology and pathophysiology of POS and also summarize the diagnostic algorithms and treatment modalities available for early diagnosis and prompt treatment of patients presenting with symptoms of platypnea and/or orthodeoxia.
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Nosib S, Watt K, Penz E, Fenton M. A 58-year-old woman with hypoxia, hypoxaemia, a hole in the heart and a … herring! Intracardiac or extracardiac shunt? That is the question! BMJ Case Rep 2015; 2015:bcr-2015-211975. [PMID: 26409034 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2015-211975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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We describe a case of a previously healthy 58-year-old woman who presented with gradual onset shortness of breath on exertion, erythrocytosis, hypoxia and hypoxaemia. Initial investigations revealed a normal chest radiography and pulmonary function test, however, there was an isolated reduction in diffusion capacity. She was subsequently found to have a patent foramen ovale (PFO) with intermittent shunting. A contrast echocardiography study hinted towards an extracardiac shunt. No shunt was detected in spite of using advanced imaging techniques. A lung biopsy was ultimately performed and histopathology revealed diffuse microvascular pulmonary arteriovenous malformations. This is one of few cases reported of this rare vascular abnormality and highlights its strong genetic association with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia. The diagnostic challenges and management of this unique condition are reviewed in detail.
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- Shravan Nosib
- Department of Medicine, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Department of Cardiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Bilateral lung transplantation in a patient with humoral immune deficiency: a case report with review of the literature. Case Reports Immunol 2014; 2014:910215. [PMID: 25379312 PMCID: PMC4213409 DOI: 10.1155/2014/910215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2014] [Revised: 09/15/2014] [Accepted: 09/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Humoral immune deficiencies have been associated with noninfectious disease complications including autoimmune cytopenias and pulmonary disease. Herein we present a patient who underwent splenectomy for autoimmune cytopenias and subsequently was diagnosed with humoral immune deficiency in the context of recurrent infections. Immunoglobulin analysis prior to initiation of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy was notable for low age-matched serum levels of IgA (11 mg/dL), IgG2 (14 mg/L), and IgG4 (5 mg/L) with a preserved total level of IgG. Flow cytometry was remarkable for B cell maturation arrest at the IgM+/IgD+ stage. Selective screening for known primary immune deficiency-causing genetic defects was negative. The disease course was uniquely complicated by the development of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), ultimately requiring bilateral lung transplantation in 2012. This is a patient with humoral immune deficiency that became apparent only after splenectomy, which argues for routine immunologic evaluation prior to vaccination and splenectomy. Lung transplantation is a rare therapeutic endpoint and to our knowledge has never before been described in a patient with humoral immune deficiency for the indication of pulmonary AVMs.
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Lacout A, Marcy PY, Thariat J, Sellier J, El Hajjam M, Lacombe P. Roles of cyclooxygenase 2 and hepatic venous flow in patients with HHT or hepatopulmonary syndrome. Med Hypotheses 2014; 83:302-5. [PMID: 24986705 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2014.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2014] [Revised: 05/27/2014] [Accepted: 06/01/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) and hepatopulmonary syndrome are disorders characterized by the development of multiple pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVM). PRESENTATION OF THE HYPOTHESIS COX2 may be at the origin of a cascade of pro inflammatory events to favour angiogenesis and PAVM development. TESTING THE HYPOTHESIS HHT and hepatopulmonary syndrome mouse models may be used to show its effects on PAVM formation. Anti COX-2 therapy could also be tested in human individuals, particularly in patients presenting a hepatopulmonary syndrome or HHT with small PAVM. IMPLICATION OF THE HYPOTHESIS PAVMs are one of the main causes of morbidity in patients presenting with HHT disease, owing to the risks of rupture as well as paradoxical embolism exposing to stroke and/or cerebral abscess. Percutaneous embolization has become the treatment of choice of PAVM. Anti COX2 may prevent from PAVM development and subsequent related complications and avoid either surgery and/or percutaneous embolization and thus subsequent related complication.
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- Alexis Lacout
- Pluridisciplinary HHT team, Ambroise Paré Hospital, Groupement des Hôpitaux Ile-de-France Ouest, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Université de Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, 9, Avenue Charles de GAULLE, 92100 Boulogne Billancourt, France.
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- Pluridisciplinary HHT team, Ambroise Paré Hospital, Groupement des Hôpitaux Ile-de-France Ouest, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Université de Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, 9, Avenue Charles de GAULLE, 92100 Boulogne Billancourt, France
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- Pluridisciplinary HHT team, Ambroise Paré Hospital, Groupement des Hôpitaux Ile-de-France Ouest, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Université de Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, 9, Avenue Charles de GAULLE, 92100 Boulogne Billancourt, France
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- Pluridisciplinary HHT team, Ambroise Paré Hospital, Groupement des Hôpitaux Ile-de-France Ouest, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Université de Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, 9, Avenue Charles de GAULLE, 92100 Boulogne Billancourt, France
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- Pluridisciplinary HHT team, Ambroise Paré Hospital, Groupement des Hôpitaux Ile-de-France Ouest, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Université de Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, 9, Avenue Charles de GAULLE, 92100 Boulogne Billancourt, France
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- Pluridisciplinary HHT team, Ambroise Paré Hospital, Groupement des Hôpitaux Ile-de-France Ouest, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Université de Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, 9, Avenue Charles de GAULLE, 92100 Boulogne Billancourt, France
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Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) are abnormal vascular structures that most often connect a pulmonary artery to a pulmonary vein, bypassing the normal pulmonary capillary bed and resulting in an intrapulmonary right-to-left shunt. As a consequence, patients with PAVM can have hypoxemia and paradoxical embolization complications, including stroke and brain abscess. PAVMs may be single or multiple, unilateral or bilateral, and simple or complex. Most PAVMs are hereditary and occur in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, an autosomal dominant vascular disorder, and screening for PAVM is indicated in this subgroup. PAVMs may also be idiopathic, occur as a result of trauma and infection, or be secondary to hepatopulmonary syndrome and bidirectional cavopulmonary shunting. Diagnostic testing involves identifying an intrapulmonary shunt, with the most sensitive test being transthoracic contrast echocardiography. Chest CT scan is useful in characterizing PAVM in patients with positive intrapulmonary shunting. Transcatheter embolotherapy is the treatment of choice for PAVM. Lifelong follow-up is important because recanalization and collateralization may occur after embolization therapy. Surgical resection is rarely necessary and reserved for patients who are not candidates for embolization. Antibiotic prophylaxis for procedures with a risk of bacteremia (eg, dental procedures) is recommended in all patients with PAVM because of the risk of cerebral abscess.
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- Rodrigo Cartin-Ceba
- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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Fukushima H, Mitsuhashi T, Oto T, Sano Y, Kusano KF, Goto K, Okazaki M, Date H, Kojima Y, Yamagishi H, Takahashi T. Successful lung transplantation in a case with diffuse pulmonary arteriovenous malformations and hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. Am J Transplant 2013; 13:3278-81. [PMID: 24165284 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2013] [Revised: 08/20/2013] [Accepted: 09/07/2013] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Diffuse pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are associated with a poor prognosis and the therapeutic strategy remains controversial. We describe a pediatric patient with diffuse pulmonary AVMs associated with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), who presented with two cerebral AVMs in the parietal and occipital lobes as well. Of note, successful bilateral lung transplantation not only improved the hypoxemia but also resulted in size reduction of the cerebral AVMs. Although it is essential to consider involvements other than pulmonary AVMs, especially brain AVMs, to decide the indication, lung transplantation can be a viable therapeutic option for patients with diffuse pulmonary AVMs and HHT.
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- H Fukushima
- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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Lacombe P, Lacout A, Marcy PY, Binsse S, Sellier J, Bensalah M, Chinet T, Bourgault-Villada I, Blivet S, Roume J, Lesur G, Blondel JH, Fagnou C, Ozanne A, Chagnon S, El Hajjam M. Diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: An overview. Diagn Interv Imaging 2013; 94:835-48. [PMID: 23763987 DOI: 10.1016/j.diii.2013.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) or Rendu-Osler-Weber disease is an autosomic dominant disorder, which is characterized by the development of multiple arteriovenous malformations in either the skin, mucous membranes, and/or visceral organs. Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) may either rupture, and lead to life-threatening hemoptysis/hemothorax or be responsible for a right-to-left shunting leading to paradoxical embolism, causing stroke or cerebral abscess. PAVMs patients should systematically be screened as the spontaneous complication rate is high, by reaching almost 50%. Neurological complications rate is considerably higher in patients presenting with diffuse pulmonary involvement. PAVM diagnosis is mainly based upon transthoracic contrast echocardiography and CT scanner examination. The latter also allows the planification of treatments to adopt, which consists of percutaneous embolization, having replaced surgery in most of the cases. The anchor technique consists of percutaneous coil embolization of the afferent pulmonary arteries of the PAVM, by firstly placing a coil into a small afferent arterial branch closely upstream the PAVM. Enhanced contrast CT scanner is the key follow-up examination that depicts the PAVM enlargement, indicating the various mechanisms of PAVM reperfusion. When performed by experienced operators as the prime treatment, percutaneous embolization of PAVMs, is a safe, efficient and sustained therapy in the great majority of HHT patients.
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- P Lacombe
- Radiology department, Pluridisciplinary HHT team, Ambroise-Paré Hospital, Groupement des Hôpitaux Île-de-France Ouest, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université de Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, 9, avenue Charles-de-Gaulle, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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Orsini B, Doddoli C, Brioude G, D'Journo XB, Trousse D, Gaubert JY, Thomas PA. [Non-tumoral vascular disorders of the lung in the adulthood]. REVUE DE PNEUMOLOGIE CLINIQUE 2012; 68:146-151. [PMID: 22361065 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneumo.2012.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/19/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Non-tumoral vascular disorders of the lung are multiple, even if cases diagnosed in the adulthood are rare. They include congenital or acquired conditions, which related symptoms, if present, are non specific. This explains why their diagnosis is challenging and usually delayed. Surgery is the cornerstone of their treatment, although interventional radiology represents currently a less invasive alternative option for some of them.
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- B Orsini
- Service de chirurgie thoracique et des maladies de l'œsophage, université de la Méditerranée, hôpital Nord, AP-HM, chemin des Bourrely, Marseille cedex 20, France
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Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations: percutaneous treatment preserving parenchyma in high-flow fistulae. Radiol Med 2008; 113:395-413. [DOI: 10.1007/s11547-008-0261-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2007] [Accepted: 04/04/2007] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Pulmonary vascular malformations have historically been diagnosed in a wide range of age groups, but the extensive use of prenatal imaging studies has resulted in the majority of lesions being diagnosed in utero. Among this group of lesions, bronchopulmonary sequestrations (BPS), hybrid lesions with both congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation (CCAM) and BPS, aberrant systemic vascular anastomoses, and pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVM), are the most common. The biologic behavior of these lesions and the subsequent therapy is, in large part, determined by the age of the patient at diagnosis. In the fetus, large BPS or hybrid lesions can result in fetal hydrops and in utero fetal demise. In the perinatal period, pulmonary hypoplasia from the mass effect or air trapping within the cystic component of hybrid lesions can result in life-threatening respiratory distress. In the postnatal period, communication of the lesion with the aero-digestive system can result in recurrent pneumonia. Alternatively, increased pulmonary blood flow from the systemic arterial supply can result in hemorrhage, hemoptysis, or high output cardiac failure. In addition, there have been several reports of malignant degeneration. Finally, the broad spectrum encompassed by these lesions makes classification and subsequent communication of the lesions confusing and difficult. This paper will review the components of these lesions, their associated anomalies, the diagnosis and natural history, and finally, current concepts in the management of pulmonary vascular malformations.
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- Kenneth W Liechty
- Center for Fetal Research, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
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Cottin V, Dupuis-Girod S, Lesca G, Cordier JF. Pulmonary vascular manifestations of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (rendu-osler disease). Respiration 2007; 74:361-78. [PMID: 17641482 DOI: 10.1159/000103205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) or Rendu-Osler-Weber disease is a genetic disorder with autosomal dominance and variable penetrance, characterized by epistaxis, telangiectasia and visceral manifestations of the disease. The estimated minimal prevalence is 1/10,000 inhabitants. The diagnosis is established on clinical criteria, and may be further confirmed by the identification of causative mutations in either the ENG or the ACVRL1 gene coding for endoglin and ALK1, respectively. Pulmonary vascular manifestations of HHT include pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs; especially in patients with ENG mutations) and less frequently pulmonary hypertension (especially in patients with ACVRL1 mutations). In 15-33% of patients with HHT, PAVMs consist of abnormal communications between pulmonary arteries and pulmonary veins, causing right-to-left shunting, and thus, frequently hypoxemia and dyspnea on exertion, although PAVMs may remain asymptomatic and frequently undiagnosed unless complications occur. PAVMs result in severe and frequent complications often at a young age, which may reveal the diagnosis, e.g. transient ischemic attack and cerebral stroke (10-19% of patients), systemic severe infections and abscesses (including cerebral abscess in 5-19% of patients), and rarely massive hemoptysis or hemothorax. Infections in HHT are related to the right-to-left shunting that bypasses the pulmonary capillaries and facilitates the passage of septic or aseptic emboli into the systemic and especially cerebral circulation, and potentially to minor defects in innate immunity. Treatment of PAVMs based on transcatheter coil vaso-occlusion of the feeding artery significantly decreases right-to-left shunting, hypoxemia and dyspnea on exertion, and reduces the risk of systemic complications. Long-term follow-up is warranted after transcatheter vaso-occlusion of PAVMs due to frequent recanalization of treated PAVMs and development or growth of untreated PAVMs. Patients with HHT should be informed of the risk of PAVM and potentially severe complications occurring in heretofore asymptomatic subjects. All adult patients with HHT should be proposed systematic screening for PAVM, by contrast echocardiography (preceded by anteroposterior chest radiograph) or computed tomography of the chest. Pulmonary hypertension is rare in HHT, and may be due either to systemic arteriovenous shunting in the liver increasing cardiac output or be clinically and histologically indistinguishable from idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension. Pulmonary hypertension is detected by systematic examination of right cardiac cavities and tricuspid regurgitation flow at echocardiography, and the diagnosis is established by right heart catheterization.
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- Vincent Cottin
- Reference Center for Orphan Lung Disorders, Louis Pradel Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, University Lyon I, Research Network on Rendu-Osler Disease, Lyon, France.
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Cottin V, Chinet T, Lavolé A, Corre R, Marchand E, Reynaud-Gaubert M, Plauchu H, Cordier JF. Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: a series of 126 patients. Medicine (Baltimore) 2007; 86:1-17. [PMID: 17220751 DOI: 10.1097/md.0b013e31802f8da1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is a genetic disorder characterized by epistaxis, telangiectasia, and visceral vascular manifestations. Infectious and ischemic central nervous system (CNS) manifestations due to embolism through pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) represent the main causes of morbidity. To improve the phenotypic characterization of HHT with PAVM, we conducted a retrospective multicenter study of patients with HHT and at least 1 PAVM detected by chest computed tomography (CT) and/or pulmonary angiography, with particular attention to CNS and infectious manifestations. The study included 126 patients (47 men, 79 women), with a mean age of 43.1 +/- 17.4 years; 45 patients had a mutation of the ENG gene and 16 had a mutation of ACVRL1. PAVMs were diagnosed as a result of systematic screening procedures (29%), incidental imaging findings (15%), dyspnea (22%), or CNS symptoms (13%). The PAVMs were diagnosed at a mean age of 43 +/- 17 years, with a linear distribution of diagnosis between 20 and 75 years. Dyspnea on exertion was present in 56% of patients. Four patients had a hemothorax, including 1 during pregnancy. Fifty-three CNS events directly related to HHT (excluding migraine) were observed in 35% of patients: cerebral abscess (19.0%), ischemic cerebral stroke (9.5%), transient cerebral ischemic attack (6.3%), and cerebral hemorrhage (2.4%). The median age of onset was 33 years for cerebral abscesses (range, 11-66 yr), and 53.5 years for ischemic cerebral events (range, 2-72 yr). Migraine was reported in 16% of patients. The diagnoses of PAVM and HHT were made at the time of the cerebral abscess in 13 cases (54%). Forty-three percent of patients were hypoxemic at rest. Contrast echocardiography showed intrapulmonary right-to-left shunting in 87% of tested patients. PAVMs were seen on chest radiograph in 54% of patients, and on the CT scan in all patients. One hundred five patients (83%) underwent treatment of the PAVM, by percutaneous embolization (71%) and/or by surgical resection (23%). A high frequency of CNS and infectious complications was observed in this large series of patients with HHT-related PAVM. Physicians may not be sufficiently aware of the clinical manifestations of this orphan disorder. Patients diagnosed with HHT should be informed by physicians and patient associations of the risk of PAVM-related complications, and systematic screening for PAVM should be proposed, regardless of a patient's symptoms, familial history, or genetic considerations.
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- Vincent Cottin
- Centre de Référence pour les Maladies Orphelines Pulmonaires (VC, JFC), Hôpital Louis Pradel, Université Lyon I, UMR 754 INRA-ENVL-UCBL IFR 128, Lyon; Hôpital A. Paré (TC), Boulogne; Hôpital Tenon (AL), Paris; Hôpital de Rennes (RC), Rennes; Hôpital Ste Marguerite (MRG), Marseille; Service de Génétique-Centre de Référence pour la Maladie de Rendu-Osler (HP), Hôpital de l'Hotel-Dieu, Lyon; Réseau de Recherche sur la Maladie de Rendu-Osler (VC, TC, RC, HP, JFC), France; and Clinique Universitaire de Mont-Godinne (EM), Yvoir, Belgium
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Parra S, Texidó A, Ferré R, Montero M. Insuficiencia respiratoria secundaria a múltiples malformaciones arteriovenosas pulmonares. Med Clin (Barc) 2006; 126:796. [PMID: 16792986 DOI: 10.1157/13089118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (Osler-Rendu-Weber disease) is a genetic disorder with autosomal dominance, variable penetrance, and an estimated prevalence of 1/10,000 inhabitants in France. Diagnosis is based on clinical criteria including epistaxis, telangiectasia, visceral manifestations, and familial occurrence. Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations, present in 15-33% of patients, are its primary visceral complications. The disease may be revealed by infectious and ischemic neurological manifestations due to paradoxical embolism. The high frequency of neurologic complications even in asymptomatic patients justifies systematic screening for pulmonary arteriovenous malformations. Treatment of these malformations is based on percutaneous transcatheter coil embolization of the feeding artery. Pulmonary arterial hypertension is rare in this disease. It may be due to systemic arteriovenous shunting in the liver, which increases cardiac output, or be similar to idiopathic pulmonary hypertension.
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- A-S Blanchet
- Service de pneumologie, Centre des maladies orphelines pulmonaires, Hôpital cardiovasculaire et pneumologique Louis Pradel, Lyon
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