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Occlusion of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations Using the Amplatzer Vascular Plug/Duct Occluder for a Family With Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia

Authors: Min Jung Cho, Ji Ae Park, Hyoung Doo Lee

Published in: Pediatric Cardiology | Issue 8/2011

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An 8-year-old girl was referred because of frequent epistaxis and acrocyanosis. The family history showed that her father, aunt, uncle, and grandfather also experienced recurrent epistaxis. Based on her clinical information, we diagnosed her condition as hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, also known as Rendu-Osler-Weber disease, which is characterized by multiple telangiectases, recurrent epistaxis, arteriovenous malformation, and familial inheritance. …

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Title: Occlusion of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations Using the Amplatzer Vascular Plug/Duct Occluder for a Family With Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
Authors: Min Jung Cho
Ji Ae Park
Hyoung Doo Lee
Publication date: 01-12-2011
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Pediatric Cardiology / Issue 8/2011
Print ISSN: 0172-0643
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1971
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-011-0073-y

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