DOI: 10.12890/2024_005027

Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation: not all hypoxemia during COVID-19 is the same

Authors

  • Ramitha Ramachandran Department of Critical Care Medicine, Aster Medcity, Kochi, India
  • Anuroop Balagopal Department of Critical Care Medicine, Aster Medcity, Kochi, India
  • Nilanjan Umesh Department of Critical Care Medicine, Aster Medcity, Kochi, India
  • Manjush Karthika Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Liwa College, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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Keywords

Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation, hypoxemia, COVID-19

Abstract

Hypoxemia in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients is not solely due to alveolar damage but can also involve factors like vascular shunts, such as pulmonary arteriovenous malformation, contributing to persistent hypoxemia. We report a case of a 59-year-old male, with COVID-19 pneumonia, requiring high-flow respiratory support, who later was also diagnosed with a large pulmonary arteriovenous fistula, which probably worsened because of COVID-19 infection.

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Published

2024-11-25

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Vol. 11 No. 12 (2024)

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Ramachandran R, Balagopal A, Umesh N, Karthika M. Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation: not all hypoxemia during COVID-19 is the same. EJCRIM [Internet]. 2024 Nov. 25 [cited 2026 Nov. 3];11(12). Available from: https://ejcrim.com/index.php/ejcrim/article/view/5027