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Comprehensive Endovascular and Open Surgical Management of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations
Published on: October 20, 2017
Stenting venous outflow gives symptomatic improvement in a patient with an inoperable brainstem arteriovenous
J Nicholas P Higgins1, Peter J Kirkpatrick
1Department of Radiology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK. nick.higgins@addenbrookes.nhs.uk
Abstract:
The extent to which arterial steal or venous hypertension contributes to symptoms in patients with high flow brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) is not always clear. We describe a patient with an inoperable AVM of the pons, presenting with headache and neurological deficit where improving venous outflow by stenting produced substantial clinical benefit.
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