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Arteriovenous Fistula

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = An abnormal direct communication between an artery and a vein without passing through the CAPILLARIES. An A-V fistula usually leads to the formation of a dilated sac-like connection, arteriovenous aneurysm. The locations and size of the shunts determine the degree of effects on the cardiovascular functions such as BLOOD PRESSURE and HEART RATE.,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:

PR3.1063, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.1063
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, correspondence and notes relating to male soldier from outside Great Britain aged 24 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: fracture of the skull resulting in left carotid-cavernous fistula; epistaxis; optic atrophy; and headache. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943

PR3.1420b, 1944

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Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.1420b
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and notes relating to male prisoner of war from outside Great Britain aged 36 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: grenade injury; headache; pulsating aneurysm of left superficial temporal artery; and arteriovenous fistula. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944

PR3.1457, 1944

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Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.1457
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male airman from outside Great Britain aged 30 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: head injury with subsequent left-sided carotid cavernous fistula; fractured skull; diplopia; and wound infection. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944

PR4.2467, 1936-1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2467
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and black-and-white photographs relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 47 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: ?thrombosis of orbital veins; arteriovenous fistula; attacks of exophthalmos; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936-1939

PR2.10842, 1951-1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10842
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, photographs, report, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 45at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: arteriovenous fistula; diplopia; exophthalmos; proptosis; aneurysm of carotid artery; and intracranial bruit. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1954

PR2.10948, 1952

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10948
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and corresepondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 33at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: arterio-venous fistula. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952

PR2.15423, 1955-1958

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15423
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence, notes, charts and reports relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 48 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: traumatic carotid-cavernous fistula; head inury; tinnitus; dimness of vision; headache; eyewatering; oedema; third and sixth nerve paresis; and exophthalmos. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1958

PR2.16910, 1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16910
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 43 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: headache; traumatic arterio-venous fistula; and angioma of temporal muscle. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956