Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations furnishes readers with state-of-the-art information on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of AVMs.

Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations:

• shares knowledge gleaned from the editors' and contributors' personal experiences treating AVMs
• reviews the decision-making process used for patient evaluation and treatment
• contains a discussion of specific AVM issues including AVMs in pregnancy, and brain stem AVMs
• provides a step-by-step layout of each surgical technique
• supplements these reader-friendly instructions with detailed illustrations

Offering a multidisciplinary approach, Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations spans a wide array of therapeutic options and surgical approaches with step-by-step presentations of each procedure covered in the text.

Contents

Anatomy and Physiology

• Surgical Anatomy
• Pathology and Genetic Factors
• Hemodynamic Properties
• Use of Modeling for the Study of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations

Clinical Presentation and Diagnostic Evaluation

• Natural History
• Classification and Grading Systems
• Radiographic Diagnosis
• Functional Evaluation and Diagnosis

Basic Considerations

• Decision Analysis for Asymptomatic Lesions
• Endovascular Principles
• Continued Therapy
• The Team Approach

Therapeutic Management

• Anesthesia Management
• Supratentorial Lobar AVMs
• Supratentorial Perisylvian AVMs
• Supratentorial Periventricular AVMs
• Infratentorial AVMs of the Cerebellar Vermis and Hemispheres
• Infratentorial Cerebellopontine Angle AVMs
• Infratentorial Brain Stem AVMs
• Intraoperative and Postoperative Angiography
• Associated Aneurysms
• AVMs and Pregnancy

Special Problems

• Critical Care Management
• General Complications
• Endovascular Complications
• Radiosurgical Complications

Future Considerations

• Endovascular Techniques
• Radiosurgery
• Molecular Biology
• Surgical Approaches

Index

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