Regression of pulmonary artery hypertension due to development of a pulmonary arteriovenous malformation

Abstract

Idiopathic Pulmonary Hypertension (IPAH) is characterized by elevated pulmonary arterial pressure in the absence of an identifiable underlying cause. The condition is usually relentlessly progressive with a short survival in the absence of treatment.1 We describe a patient of IPAH in whom the pulmonary artery pressures significantly abated with complete disappearance of symptoms, following spontaneous development of a pulmonary arterio-venous malformation (PAVM).

Keywords

• Pulmonary arterial hypertension
• Arterio-venous malformation
• Hemoptysis
• Pregnancy
• Regression