Primary transcatheter treatment of congenital pulmonary arteriovenous malformation causing cyanosis of the newborn

Transcatheter occlusion of large pulmonary arteriovenous malformations using multiple devices in a neonate

“…Additionally, this case reinforces the importance of assiduous clinical follow‐up. As has been described previously, and noted in our case, these patients may have residual PAVMs or develop enlargement of previously minor PAVMs, necessitating re‐intervention . In one large series, 19% of patients developed significant enlargement of feeding arteries to previously small PAVMs, and 7% developed recanalization of previously occluded PAVMs, usually through embolization coils .…”