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Intracranial AVM: Endovascular Management and Treatment

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With increasing frequency, neuroendovascular specialists are called upon to consult on and treat complex cerebral AVMs in a systematized, comprehensive, and decisive fashion, often demonstrating a sophistication and expertise in the interrelated medical and surgical management of these dynamic neurosurgical entities.

This chapter endeavors to review the fundamental elements of AVM structural anatomy, pathophysiology, natural history, interventional management, and medical supportive treatment through review of several case examples – both adult and pediatric – highlighting a systematized and integrated multidisciplinary approach of which interventional therapy is only one arm.

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Acknowledgments

Daniel Arnswald, B.S.R.T(R)

Tomasz Szkliniarz, R.T. (R),

Case Vignettes: Vanessa Brunson, R.N., B.S.N.

Illustrations: Nancy Dominguez, R.T.

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  1. Endovascular Section, Department of Neurosurgery, Loyola University Medical Center, St.1900 Maguire Hall, 2160 South First Avenue, Maywood, IL, 60153, USA

    John M. Whapham MD, MS, FSNIS

  2. Endovascular Neurosurgery Program and Comprehensive Stroke Center, Mercy St Vincent’s Regional Medical Center and Partners, Toledo, OH, USA

    John M. Whapham MD, MS, FSNIS

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  1. Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital Loyola University Medical Center, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, USA

    Robert S. Dieter

  2. Northern Illinois Surgery Center, Naperville, Illinois, USA

    Raymond A. Dieter, Jr.

  3. University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

    Raymond A. Dieter, III

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Whapham, J.M. (2014). Intracranial AVM: Endovascular Management and Treatment. In: Dieter, R., Dieter, Jr., R., Dieter, III, R. (eds) Endovascular Interventions. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7312-1_4

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