Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences

High-Output Heart Failure Due to an Iliac Arterio-Venous Fistula in Mycotic Aneurysm

Document Type : Case Report(s)

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Abstract
Herein, we report a patient with arterio-venous fistula secondary to mycotic aneurysm, causing high output heart failure. The patient had one-year history of refractory heart failure and recurrent pulmonary edema. This presentation is a good example of curative surgically treatable cause of high-output congestive heart failure.Iran J Med Sci 2005; 30(1): 41-44. Keywords ● Arterio-venous fistula ● Mycotic aneurysm ● Heart failure

  • Received 31 August 2015
  • Accepted 24 December 2018