A case of postnephrectomy arteriovenous fistula |
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| Authors: | Tsutomu Shida MD Kunio Gan Kazunori Shio Yoshito Takemura |
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| Affiliation: | (1) the Department of Internal Medicine, Higashikobe Hospital, Kobe, Japan;(2) The Department of Carciovascular Surgery, Kobe Rosai Hospital, 4 Kagoike, Chuo-ku, 651 Kobe, Japan |
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| Abstract: | A rare case of a postnephrectomy arteriovenous fistula involving the major renal vessels is presented herein. This type of postnephrectomy arteriovenous fistula is very unusual; in fact, since first documented in 1934, only 65 cases have been reported in the world literature, including 2 cases from Japan. Even though postoperative arteriovenous fistulae are rare, one should bear this complication in mind when unknown causes of bruit or heart failure develop following surgery. |
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| Keywords: | nephrectomy arteriovenous fistula heart failure |
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