Brain Arteriovenous Malformations Pathogenesis, Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment and Outcome

Brain Arteriovenous Malformations Pathogenesis, Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment and Outcome / edited by Vladimír Beneš, Ondřej Bradáč.

This book reviews the natural course of arteriovenous malformation (AVM) disease and the active treatment modalities. These are compared with surgical and neuropsychological results achieved at the Military University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic. Based on these comparisons, treatment recommenda...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Beneš, Vladimír (Editor), Bradáč, Ondřej (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Neurosurgery.
Vascular surgery.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Motivation to this study
  • AVM definition and angioarchitecture
  • Feeding arteries
  • Associated aneurysms
  • Nidus component
  • Draining veins
  • Genetics of arteriovenous malformations
  • Epidemiology of AVM
  • Physiology of arteriovenous malformations
  • Arterial side
  • Steal phenomenon
  • Normal perfusion pressure breakthrough
  • Venous side
  • Occlusive hyperemia
  • Compartmental model of AVM nidus
  • AVM presentation
  • Hemorrhagic presentation
  • Morbidity and mortality of AVM related intracranial haemorrhage
  • Epilepsy presentation
  • Focal neurologic deficit (FND)
  • Natural course
  • AVM grading
  • Surgical AVM grading
  • Radiosurgical AVM grading
  • Imaging
  • Catheter angiography
  • Magnetic resonance imaging
  • Computed tomography
  • Treatment for brain AVMs
  • Literature series
  • Surgery
  • Endovascular embolization
  • Stereotactic radiosurgery
  • Combined treatment
  • ARUBA study comments.

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