Arteriovenous malformations: epidemiology, clinical presentation, and diagnostic evaluation
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Comprehensive Endovascular and Open Surgical Management of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations
Published on: October 20, 2017
Joshua W Osbun1, Matthew R Reynolds1, Daniel L Barrow1
1Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Abstract:
Brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) represent an uncommon disease of the central nervous system characterized by an arteriovenous shunt in which one or multiple arterial pedicles feed into a vascular nidus, creating early drainage into a venous outflow channel. These lesions are considered to be congenital and can come to clinical attention in a variety of ways such as seizure, intracranial hemorrhage, chronic headache or progressive neurological deficit. We focus on the epidemiology, clinical presentation and diagnostic evaluation in this chapter.
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