High output heart failure as a result of an ilio-caval fistula with a negative shunt series

Authors

  • Travis R Huffman University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Bowling Green- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, USA
  • Nadine Sbaih University of Louisville School of Medicine- Department of Internal Medicine, USA
  • Mohammad Mathbout University of Louisville School of Medicine- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, USA
  • Shahab Ghafghazi University of Louisville, School of Medicine- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21542/gcsp.2021.16

Abstract

Congestive heart failure (CHF) with high cardiac output is an uncommon, yet attributable result of non-hemodialysis arteriovenous malformations. While the prevalence of high output heart failure has yet to be determined, it is observably low - specifically when looking at cases of high output heart failure as a result of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) with fistula formation, an entity that carries a reported incidence of <1% of all complications of AAA. In this report, we present a 64-year-old male with high output heart failure secondary to a ruptured right common iliac aneurysm causing right ilio-iliac and ilio-caval fistulas.

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Published

2021-06-06

Issue

Vol. 2021 No. 2 (2021)

Section

Images in cardiology

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This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license CC BY 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.