Volume 27, Issue 131, January 2023

Management of congenital arteriovenous fistula of the brachial artery

Nashwan Ahmed Alattab¹, Saleh Talal Mahjoub^2♦, Abdullah Othman Alangari², Ahmed Tarik Alrikhaimi²

¹Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Department, King Salman Heart Center, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
²College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

Congenital AVF (arteriovenous fistula) is a rare vascular malformation that can occur anywhere in the body. Large and medium-sized congenital AVFs are extremely rare. Since clinical manifestations are not very specific, the patient's presentation could range from asymptomatic fistula to lifethreatening congestive heart failure. Although embolization can be used as an alternative treatment for AVF, surgery is still the preferred method. A case of a 28-year-old male with a congenital AVF between the brachial artery and brachial vein presented with heart failure that was treated surgically is reported here.

Keywords: AVF, Congenital fistula, brachial-brachial fistula, arteriovenous fistula, vascular case report

Medical Science, 2023, 27, e29ms2710

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v27i131/e29ms2710

Published: 09 January 2023