1 St George’s, University of London and Imperial College School of Medicine, London, UK 2 Imperial College School of Life Sciences, London, UK Introduction and objectives Pulmonary arteriovenous ...

Isolated pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVM) are rare, but can be responsible for paradoxical embolic events. It is important to recognise these situations early and intervene quickly to ...

PAVM provides a direct right-to-left shunt, allowing the passage of paradoxical thrombotic ... that both myocardial infarction and pulmonary embolism may result in a fatal condition; hence, I intend ...

In adults, asymptomatic PAVMs should be treated, preferably with transcatheter embolotherapy, to prevent complications associated with paradoxical emboli ... 200908-1284OC 2. Shovlin CL. Pulmonary ...

Abstract Paradoxical embolism is an unusual but well recognized complication of venous thromboembolic disease. This case report of a patient with massive pulmonary embolism, who had a paradoxical ...

An air embolism is a serious ... Treatment of pulmonary AVMs is challenging and exhilarating. Proper planning and appropriate equipment, along with good working knowledge of what (and what not) to do, ...