CONGENITAL ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA
- 6 September 1924
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 83 (10) , 743-750
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1924.02660100017006
Abstract
In 1757, William Hunter1described, for the first time, the clinical syndrome of arteriovenous fistula, and stated that the disease always arose traumatically as a result of transfixion, by a cutting instrument, of an artery and a vein lying close together, the apertures of these vessels subsequently becoming fused, thus permitting a mutual flow of blood between them. Later, in 1835, W. H. Porter2and others described cases in which there had been established an arteriovenous fistula by erosion of the accompanying vein, due to a pathologic process involving the artery. The former was called an acquired arteriovenous fistula, and the latter a spontaneous arteriovenous fistula. It was not until 1867, however, that Hewitt3reported the first case of a probable congenital arteriovenous fistula existing between the right common iliac vessels, in a girl, aged 17 years. The late Dr. Halsted,6in 1918, discussed arteriovenous fistulaKeywords
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