title: Transvenous embolization of a ruptured deep cerebral arteriovenous malformation. A technical note.
abstract: Ruptured cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) usually require treatment to avoid re-bleeding. Depending on the angioarchitecture and center strategy, the treatment can be surgical, endovascular, radiosurgical or combined methods. The classic endovascular approach is transarterial, but sometimes it is not always applicable. The transvenous approach has been described as an alternative for the endovascular treatment of small AVMs when arterial access or another therapeutic method is not possible. This approach can be considered when the nidus is small and if there is a single draining vein. We present a technical note on a transvenous approach for the treatment of a ruptured AVM in a young patient.
authors.affiliation: Interventional Neuroradiology Unit, Neuroradiology Service, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. vitor.mendespereira@hcuge.ch
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marcos-Gonzalez
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Radovanovic
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bijlenga
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Narata
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moret
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schaller
authors.forename: K O
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Lovblad
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D002550:Cerebral Veins; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005268:Femoral Vein; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed