Endovascular management of patients with cerebral arteriovenous malformations.
The endovascular management of brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) is a part of the therapeutic AVM strategy. In selected cases, endovascular therapy may lead to a total and permanent cure, but in most cases it will be an adjunctive therapy to microsurgery or radiosurgery. Embolization of brain AVMs is still a technical challenge that requires experience and skill on the part of the physician and requires a further improvement of tools, but it has made brain AVMs curable.
Richling
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Department of Neurosurgery, Christian Doppler Medical Center, Salzburg, Austria. B.Richling@lkasbg.gv.at
Killer
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D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging