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. 1989 Jan;44(1):76–77. doi: 10.1136/thx.44.1.76

Successful percutaneous balloon occlusion of a large pulmonary arteriovenous malformation.

C J Duggan 1, V S Grinnell 1, P C Pigott 1
PMCID: PMC461672  PMID: 2928993

Abstract

Percutaneous embolotherapy was carried out successfully in a 79 year old woman with a 56% shunt through a single pulmonary arteriovenous malformation.

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