Serial Measurement of Superior Vena Cava Flow in Evaluation of the Clinical Severity of Pial Arteriovenous Fistula in an Infant

• Main Authors: Mako Ago (Author), Kenichi Masumoto (Author), Atsushi Uchiyama (Author), Yasuo Aihara (Author), Yoshikazu Okada (Author), Satoshi Kusuda (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Pial arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is composed of one or more direct arterial feeding vessels with a single draining vein without nidus. A patient with the disease with high-flow AV shunting in the neonatal period not only suffers from high-output cardiac failure but also shows sec...