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

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 Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Subjects
Medicine.
Neurosurgery.
Vascular surgery.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319639642
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-63964-2
Physical DescriptionVI, 241 p. 226 illus., 77 illus. in color. online resource.

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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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