Brain arteriovenous malformations

MT Lawton, WC Rutledge, H Kim, C Stapf… - Nature reviews disease …, 2015 - nature.com
An arteriovenous malformation is a tangle of dysplastic vessels (nidus) fed by arteries and
drained by veins without intervening capillaries, forming a high-flow, low-resistance shunt …

Arteriovenous malformations

IG Fleetwood, GK Steinberg - The Lancet, 2002 - thelancet.com
Arteriovenous malformations of the brain are congenital vascular lesions that affect 0· 01–0·
50% of the population, and are generally present in patients aged 20–40 years. The usual …

Stereotactic radiosurgery for arteriovenous malformations of the brain

LD Lunsford, D Kondziolka, JC Flickinger… - Journal of …, 1991 - thejns.org
✓ Stereotactic radiosurgery successfully obliterates carefully selected arteriovenous
malformations (AVM's) of the brain. In an initial 3-year experience using the 201-source …

Treatment of brain arteriovenous malformations by embolization and radiosurgery

YP Gobin, A Laurent, L Merienne, M Schlienger… - Journal of …, 1996 - thejns.org
✓ Embolization was used to reduce the size of brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs)
prior to radiosurgical treatment in 125 patients who were poor surgical candidates or had …

Recommendations for the management of intracranial arteriovenous malformations: a statement for healthcare professionals from a special writing group of the Stroke …

CS Ogilvy, PE Stieg, I Awad, RD Brown Jr… - Stroke, 2001 - Am Heart Assoc
Intracranial arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are relatively uncommon but increasingly
recognized lesions that can cause serious neurological symptoms or death. Although AVMs …

Brain arteriovenous malformations in adults

JH Choi, JP Mohr - The Lancet Neurology, 2005 - thelancet.com
Arteriovenous malformations of the brain (AMB) can cause stroke when they rupture.
Epidemiological and imaging research has found that about 50% of patients with AMB …

The endovascular treatment of brain arteriovenous malformations

A Valavanis, MG Yasargil - Advances and technical standards in …, 1998 - Springer
Brain AVMs are angioarchitecturally and hemodynamically complex systems of
arteriovenous shunts with specific neurovascular relationships, a variable and unpredictable …

Analysis of factors predictive of success or complications in arteriovenous malformation radiosurgery

WA Friedman, FJ Bova, S Bollampally… - Neurosurgery, 2003 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to determine which factors were statistically
predictive of radiological and clinical outcomes in the radiosurgical treatment of …

Stereotactic radiosurgery for arteriovenous malformations, Part 6: multistaged volumetric management of large arteriovenous malformations

H Kano, D Kondziolka, JC Flickinger, KJ Park… - Journal of …, 2012 - thejns.org
Object The object of this study was to define the long-term outcomes and risks of
arteriovenous malformation (AVM) management using 2 or more stages of stereotactic …

Arteriovenous malformations after Leksell gamma knife radiosurgery: rate of obliteration and complications

R Liščák, V Vladyka, G Šimonová, D Urgošík… - …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: Although relevant information exists regarding the chance of obliterating
arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) using radiosurgery, the overall chance of cure after …