Mesh term Vascular Malformations
Browse to parent terms:Cardiovascular Abnormalities
Description
A spectrum of congenital, inherited, or acquired abnormalities in BLOOD VESSELS that can adversely affect the normal blood flow in ARTERIES or VEINS. Most are congenital defects such as abnormal communications between blood vessels (fistula), shunting of arterial blood directly into veins bypassing the CAPILLARIES (arteriovenous malformations), formation of large dilated blood blood-filled vessels (cavernous angioma), and swollen capillaries (capillary telangiectases). In rare cases, vascular malformations can result from trauma or diseases.Browse to child terms:
Arterio-Arterial Fistula
Arteriovenous Malformations
Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations
May-Thurner Syndrome
Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome
Pulmonary Atresia
Scimitar Syndrome
Single Umbilical Artery
Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic
Vascular Fistula
Vascular Ring
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