Vascular anatomy of the spinal cord

Alejandro Santillan; Veronica Nacarino; Edward Greenberg; Howard A Riina; Y Pierre Gobin; Athos Patsalides

doi:10.1136/neurintsurg-2011-010018

Vascular anatomy of the spinal cord

J Neurointerv Surg. 2012 Jan 1;4(1):67-74. doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2011-010018. Epub 2011 May 2.

Authors

Alejandro Santillan¹, Veronica Nacarino, Edward Greenberg, Howard A Riina, Y Pierre Gobin, Athos Patsalides

Affiliation

¹ Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, Department of Neurological Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York 10065, USA. als2052@med.cornell.edu

PMID: 21990489
DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2011-010018

Abstract

In this article, a detailed description of the normal arterial supply and venous drainage of the spinal cord is provided, and the role of catheter angiography and MR angiography in depicting the vascular anatomy of the spinal cord is discussed.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Angiography / methods
Radiography
Spinal Cord / anatomy & histology*
Spinal Cord / blood supply*
Spinal Cord / diagnostic imaging
Vertebral Artery / anatomy & histology
Vertebral Artery / diagnostic imaging