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Letter to the Editor
High flow arteriovenous fistula: a cause of reversible heart failure in hemodialysis
Síndrome de hiperaflujo: una causa de insuficiencia cardíaca reversible en hemodiálisis
Elena Jiménez Mayora,
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, Silvia González Sanchidriána, Miguel Ángel Silva Cerpab
a Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital San Pedro de Alcántara, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Cáceres, Cáceres, Spain
b Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital San Pedro de Alcántara, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Cáceres, Cáceres, Spain
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    "textoCompleto" => "<span class="elsevierStyleSections"><p id="par0005" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">High output heart failure &#40;HOHF&#41; secondary to arteriovenous fistula &#40;AVF&#41; hyperflux syndrome is a rare complication in haemodialysis patients&#46; Its prevalence is not well defined and often underdiagnosed&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0005"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1</span></a></p><p id="par0010" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The existence of a hyperfunctioning AVF&#44; with high arterial flow &#40;Qa&#41;&#44; triggers problems such as cardiac overload&#44; cardiopulmonary recirculation and vascular access &#40;VA&#41; anomalies that lead to high morbidity and mortality&#46; Early detection and treatment are essential to reverse heart failure&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0005"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1</span></a></p><p id="par0015" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">We report the case of a 61-year-old woman with hypertension&#44; dyslipidaemia and renal disease secondary to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis who started haemodialysis through a left humeral-cephalic AVF in 2020&#46; Six months later&#44; the patient reported moderate dyspnoea and orthopnoea&#46;</p><p id="par0020" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The echocardiogram showed a hypertrophic and dilated left ventricle with generalised hypokinesia and an LV ejection fraction &#40;LVEF&#41; of 31&#37;&#46; She had no previous heart disease &#40;pre-dialysis LVEF 60&#37;&#41;&#46; Anaemia&#44; pneumological causes were ruled out&#46; Normovolaemia&#46; Treatment with sacubitril&#47;valsartan&#44; nebivolol and eplerenone was started without improvement&#44; and she was temporarily contraindicated for renal transplantation&#46; The VA ultrasound showed an approximate flow of 3&#8239;L&#46; Echocardiographic cardiac output &#40;CO&#41; suggested high flow&#44; decreasing from 9&#46;3&#8239;L&#47;min to 6&#46;7&#8239;L&#47;min after manual AVF occlusion&#46; Right heart catheterisation confirmed these findings and the presence of pulmonary hypertension&#46; Cardiac MRI showed non-ischaemic dilated cardiomyopathy&#44; asymmetric septal hypertrophy and biventricular dysfunction&#59; no fibrosis or necrosis&#46;</p><p id="par0025" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">With the diagnosis of HOHF&#44; ligation of the AVF was performed&#46; The presence of aneurysms and tortuosity of the AVF prevented a banding-type partial closure&#46; Four months later&#44; the patient showed significant clinical and echocardiographic improvement&#44; with LVEF recovery to 65&#37;&#44; and was again included on the kidney transplant list&#46; At 10 months she reached an LVEF of 68&#37;&#46;</p><p id="par0030" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">HOHF is defined as the concurrence of signs and symptoms of systemic congestion in the presence of high CO &#40;&#62;8&#8239;l&#47;min&#41; or high cardiac index &#40;&#62;3&#46;9&#8239;l&#47;min&#47;m<span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span> in adults&#41;&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0005"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1&#44;2</span></a> The causes of HOHF are simplified into two categories&#58; 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a proximal AVF&#44; male sex&#44; previous surgery on the vascular access&#44; Qa &#62; 2&#46;0&#8239;L&#47;min and a Qa&#47;CO ratio &#62;0&#46;3&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0020"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a> Although controversial&#44; these factors have been postulated as decompensating causes in patients with poor cardiac reserve or pre-existing heart disease&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0005"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1&#44;4</span></a></p><p id="par0040" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Although some series report a low frequency of HOHF due to high Qa AVF&#44; there is sufficient evidence showing regression of cardiac indices after ligation or reduction in the Qa of the AVF&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0025"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a> The therapeutic approach is controversial&#44; although different series describe surgical techniques to reduce flow without loss of vascular access&#44; this is not always possible&#44; and there are no studies that show one technique to be superior to another&#46;</p><p id="par0045" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In our experience&#44; AVF-associated HOHF is a serious and reversible complication in haemodialysis patients&#46; Although preserving the VA could be a priority whenever the clinical situation allows it&#44; failure to treat early could compromise kidney transplantation and lead to a major life-threatening cardiac complication&#46;</p><p id="par0050" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">It would be useful to create predictive models to detect hyperflow patients who may eventually develop HOHF&#46; Our case is an example of the rapid and significant reversibility of cardiac function with early intervention&#46;</p><span id="sec0001" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0001">Ethical considerations</span><p id="par0060" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The study complied with the respective ethical considerations and the principles set out in the Declaration of Helsinki&#46; The authors declare that they have the informed consent of the study subject and respect the patient&#39;s right to privacy&#46; No experiments were performed on humans or animals&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0005" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0005">Funding</span><p id="par0065" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors of the paper claim to have received no funding for the study&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0010" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0010">Conflict of interest</span><p id="par0070" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">This manuscript has not been previously published and is not under review in another journal&#46; The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest&#46; The intellectual property rights of the work and the right to authorise the reproduction of data in other publications are granted to Medicina Cl&#237;nica&#46;</p></span></span>"
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