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Brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are rare and heterogeneous vascular abnormalities. AVMs are formed of a tangled anastomosis of arteries and veins without intervening capillaries located within the brain parenchyma (90 % supratentorial) with pathologic shunting of blood from the arterial to the venous side. Prevalence is approximately 18 per 100,000 adults with an incidence of approximately 1.3 per 100,000 adults per year. Most cases are sporadic – cause unknown and probably multifactorial with genetic and environmental factors.
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Renowden, S., Robertson, F. (2014). Endovascular Treatment of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations. In: Murphy, K., Robertson, F. (eds) Interventional Neuroradiology. Techniques in Interventional Radiology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4582-0_10
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