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Simultaneous cardiac and pulmonary central cyanosis in a young girl: the double trouble

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 December 2020

Raghav Bansal
Affiliation:
Departments of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India
Sachin Talwar
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiothoracic surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India
Sivasubramanian Ramakrishnan*
Affiliation:
Departments of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India
*
Author for correspondence: Dr S. Ramakrishnan, MD, DM, Professor, Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi110 029, India. Tel: +(11) 26594420; Fax: +(11) 26588663, 26588641. E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

A 14-year-old girl admitted for corrective surgery for tetralogy of Fallot was found to have pulmonary arteriovenous malformations on pre-operative evaluation. In anticipation of a complicated postoperative course, percutaneous closure of the pulmonary arteriovenous malformations was undertaken first followed by a successful surgical outcome. Importance of this rare association and its clinical implication is hereby highlighted.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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