High-output cardiac failure secondary to high-output arteriovenous fistula: investigations, management and definitive treatment.

A 32 year-old woman was admitted to our institution with progressive dyspnoea. Her medical history was notable for end-stage renal failure secondary to chronic pyelonephritis, and she had undergone a cadaveric renal transplant in 2010. This had been preceded by haemodialysis treatment via a radiocephalic arteriovenous fistula.