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AVM Definition and Angioarchitecture

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Brain Arteriovenous Malformations

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Analysis of angioarchitecture is the first step and most important process to manage AVMs. Superselective angiography with reference of high resolution 3D images provides a lot of information to understand the angioarchitecture of AVMs. MRI is also very important to identify the topographical character of AVMs.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Kameda Medical Center, Higashicho 929, Kamogawa city, Chiba, 2968602, Japan

    Michihiro Tanaka M.D., Ph.D.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery and Neuro-oncology, Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Military University Hospital and First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

    Vladimír Beneš

  2. Department of Neurosurgery and Neuro-oncology, Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Military University Hospital and First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

    Ondřej Bradáč

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Tanaka, M. (2017). AVM Definition and Angioarchitecture. In: Beneš, V., Bradáč, O. (eds) Brain Arteriovenous Malformations. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63964-2_2

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