title: Contemporary Imaging of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Brain arteriovenous malformation (AVM) rupture results in substantial morbidity and mortality. The goal of AVM treatment is eradication of the AVM, but the risk of treatment must be weighed against the risk of future hemorrhage.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Imaging plays a vital role by providing the information necessary for AVM management. Here, we discuss the background, natural history, clinical presentation, and imaging of AVMs. In addition, we explain advances in techniques for imaging AVMs.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology Section, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Dr, Grant S047, Palo Alto, CA 94305-5105.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tranvinh
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology Section, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Dr, Grant S047, Palo Alto, CA 94305-5105.
authors.forename: Jeremy J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Heit
authors.affiliation: 2 Diagnostic Imaging, Sutter Health, Sacramento, CA.|3 Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA.
authors.forename: Lotfi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hacein-Bey
authors.affiliation: 4 Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Provenzale
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology Section, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Dr, Grant S047, Palo Alto, CA 94305-5105.
authors.forename: Max
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wintermark
mesh_terms: D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography / Q000639:trends*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
keywords: CT angiography; MR angiography; arterial spin-labeling; blood pool agents; brain arteriovenous malformation; digital subtraction angiography; time-resolved CT angiography; time-resolved MR angiography