Smoking Impedes Embolization Treatment in Lungs - Image 2 (IMAGE)

Radiological Society of North America

Smoking Impedes Embolization Treatment in Lungs - Image 2

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Images in a 68-year-old woman with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) and a smoking history of 40 pack-years demonstrating, A, a complex arteriovenous malformation (AVM) at the left base on intravenous contrast-enhanced chest CT scan. B, C, Left pulmonary artery angiogram shows the AVM. D, Image after embolization and after placement of an Amplatzer plug. E, A selective angiogram of the second arterial blood supply to the AVM. F, Angiogram after coil embolization.

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