| Literature DB >> 2911663 |
I Repa1, G P Moradian, L P Dehner, S M Tadavarthy, D W Hunter, W R Castañeda-Zúñiga, G B Wright, H Katkov, P Johnson, B Chrenka.
Abstract
Two cases of symptomatic neonatal hepatic arteriovenous malformation (AVM) are presented. Both were treated with percutaneous transcatheter embolization and a commercially available polyvinyl alcohol suspension. Both infants died soon after AVM embolization. The results of laboratory examination of particle-size homogeneity of this commercial suspension demonstrate marked inhomogeneity of particle size very probably contributed to the death of these patients. A protocol has been developed to help determine appropriate particle size in individual cases; this may help prevent such catastrophic results during transcatheter embolization.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2911663 DOI: 10.1148/radiology.170.2.2911663
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Radiology ISSN: 0033-8419 Impact factor: 11.105