AVM Flashcards
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Q
Why does pressure increase in an AVF?
How can AVF contribute to heart failure?
Why may it affect someone’s quality of life?
A
Artery and vein are directly attached to eachother equalising the pressures.
Because rerouting of blood back to the heart and no dispersion of the blood into the capillaries so no dampening effect of them.
Because person can hear the bruit causing them psychological stress.
